Controlled-access highways in Thailand

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Multiple toll-collecting controlled-access highway systems are in operation in Thailand, The service can be used only for cars, trucks and certain types of buses currently serving the Greater Bangkok area and nearby provinces. The first expressway in Thailand is Chaloem Maha Nakhon Expressway, opened in 1981. Burapha Withi Expressway was the world's longest bridge from its opening in 2000 to 2010.

Thailand's different controlled-access highway systems are: the expressways (Thai : ทางพิเศษ, RTGS: thang phiset) operated by the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) and Bangkok Expressway and Metro (BEM). The motorways (ทางหลวงพิเศษ, thang luang phiset) operated by the Department of Highways, and Don Muang Tollway, a concession highway owned by the Department of Highways and operated by Don Muang Tollway PCL.

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Expressways in Thailand
Official nameOther nameLengthOperator
Chaloem Maha Nakhon First Stage Expressway System27.1 kilometres (16.8 mi)Expressway Authority of Thailand
Si Rat Second Stage Expressway System38.4 kilometres (23.9 mi)BEM
Prachim Ratthaya Si Rat–Outer Ring Road(West)16.7 kilometres (10.4 mi)BEM
Don Mueang Tollway Uttaraphimuk Elevated Tollway28.2 kilometres (17.5 mi)Don Mueang Tollway
Chalong Rat Kanchanapisek–Ramindra–At Narong Expressway28.2 kilometres (17.5 mi)Expressway Authority of Thailand
Burapha Withi Bang Na –Chonburi Expressway55.0 kilometres (34.2 mi)Expressway Authority of Thailand
Udon Ratthaya Bang Pa-in–Pak Kret Expressway32.0 kilometres (19.9 mi)BEM
S1 Third Stage Expressway System, S1 section
or At Narong–Bang Na Expressway
4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi)Expressway Authority of Thailand
Kanchanaphisek Bang Phli–Suk Sawat Expressway
or South Kanchanapisek Road
34.0 kilometres (21.1 mi)Expressway Authority of Thailand
Motorway 7 Bangkok–Chonburi–Pattaya Expressway149.3 kilometres (92.8 mi)Department of Highways
Motorway 9 Eastern–Western Kanchanapisek Road147 kilometres (91 mi)Department of Highways
Total560 kilometres (350 mi)

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