• Source: Tha Phra

      • Tha Phra (Thai: ท่าพระ, pronounced [tʰâː pʰráʔ]) is a main road intersection in the Wat Tha Phra Subdistrict, Bangkok Yai District in Thon Buri side, Bangkok. The roads that intersect here are Ratchadaphisek (Inner Ring Road), Charan Sanit Wong Road, and Phet Kasem Road (Highway 4)


      Characteristics & history


      The intersection is the junction of Ratchadaphisek (Inner Ring Road) and Charan Sanit Wong Roads, include the first junction of Phet Kasem Road (Highway 4), the road to southern Thailand and the longest road in Thailand.
      Around Tha Phra intersection, there is an overpass on the junction of Phet Kasem Road, and a tunnel between Ratchadapisek with Charan Sanit Wong Roads. It is considered one of the most traffic jam intersection of Thonburi side (west bank of Chao Phraya river).
      The name "Tha Phra" comes from Wat Tha Phra (วัดท่าพระ) a temple located near the intersection, on the inbound side of Charan Sanit Wong Road.
      Tha Phra intersection is the location of Tha Phra MRT station on the MRT Blue Line, which allows self-interchange between the Bang Sue–Tha Phra and the Hua Lamphong–Lak Song segments of the line.
      In the era before Phet Kasem Road was cut (1950), Tha Phra and vicinities were all fruit orchards and canals. The most famous fruit was Burmese grape.
      It originated as a three-way junction of Phet Kasem and Charan Sanit Wong Roads, the expansion of Ratchadaphisek Road in the mid-1980s turned it into a four-way intersection. The overpass was completed and opened in 1991.


      Surroundings


      Phet Kasem (east side)
      Saiprasit Wittaya School
      Saiprasit Business Administration Technological College
      Naowa Chamnian Bridge
      Tha Phra Rungruang Market
      Phet Kasem (west side)
      Tha Phra Market
      Wat Pradu Chimphli
      Wat Pradu Chimphli School
      Wat Pradu Nai Songtham
      Wat Pradu Nai Songtham School
      Wat Nuannoradit
      Wat Nuannoradit School
      Bang Phai Bridge
      Bangkokthonburi Vocational College (formerly Weeboonseree Wittaya School)
      Krungthep Business Vocational College
      Charan Sanit Wong side
      Wat Tha Phra
      Tha Phra Police Station
      Wat Chao Mun
      Wat Chao Mun School
      Siam Technological College
      Sesawech Vidhaya School (closed)
      Ratchadapisek side
      Prasart Wittaya Anuchon School
      Bangkok Yai District Office
      Talat Phlu BTS station
      Talat Phlu
      Ratchada-Tha Phra Hospital
      The Mall Tha Phra


      Transportation


      MRT Subway: Tha Phra MRT station
      BMTA and affiliated's buses routes: 7ก (4-48), 68 (4-12), 84 (4-46), 91ก, 208, 547 (air cond.) 4-36 (7), 42 (4-10), 57 (4-41), 68 (4-12), 80 (4-43), 84 (4-46), 89 (4-47), 91, 108 (4-19), 146 (4-52), 147 (4-25), 157 (4-54E), 175 (2-22), 509 (4-60), 547 (4-63)


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