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Highway 418 (Thailand)

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National Highway 418
ทางหลวงแผ่นดินหมายเลข 418
ถนนเลี่ยงเมืองยะรัง
Yarang Bypass Highway
Route information
Length35.648 km (22.151 mi)
Existed2002–present
Major junctions
North endHwy 4296 in Mueang Pattani, Pattani
Major intersections
South end Hwy 409 in Mueang Yala, Yala
Location
CountryThailand
ProvincesPattani, Yala
DistrictsMueang Pattani, Nong Chik, Maelan, Mueang Yala
Highway system

Highway 418 or Ngamae–Thasap or Yarang Bypass Highway, has a total distance of 35.649 kilometres (22.151 mi) from Ban Khlong Khut , Nong Chik District , Pattani Province, to Ban Thasap, Thasap Subdistrict, Mueang Yala District, Yala Province.[1] It is a construction project of the Army Engineers to help solve problems in the southern border provinces. It is a standard four-lane highway, helping to shorten the distance by 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the original route for the benefit of travel and transportation of goods in the southern border provinces.

This highway was opened for testing on 15 November 2009 and handed back to Highways Office 18 (Songkhla), with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva presiding over the official opening and handover ceremony on 7 January 2010.

Construction ands obstacles

The Highway 418 project had a contract signed with the contractor since July 2002 and construction was carried out with a budget of 703.50 million baht. However, since this project occurred during the transitional period of the unrest in the 3 southern border provinces , which occurred since January 2004, it became an obstacle for the contractor, to the point of having to terminate the contract and abandon the construction work in the end.

Later, the Cabinet resolved on 27 November 2006 to assign the Department of Military Engineering to be responsible for the completion of the project. The test run was conducted on 15 November 2009, with a total construction period of 720 days according to the contract. All together, the construction of this highway took more than 8 years and cost 1 billion baht. Due to higher than normal material prices in the area, labor shortages, and the cost of taking care of the safety of the officers during the construction, the Department of Military Engineering requested an additional budget of 204 million baht from the construction budget of 1 billion baht.

Spceial features

Highway 418 is different from other highways in the three southern border provinces. It is the first four-lane standard highway in the southern border provinces. There are no intersections along the way, but an elevated road with approximately 20 bridges is used. This means that there are no traffic lights on this highway, allowing users to travel faster. It also shortens the distance from Highway 409 by 13 kilometers, which has only two lanes. The journey takes 45 minutes, while Highway 418 takes only 25 minutes.

List of junctions and towns

Km Exit Junctions To Remarks

Yarang Bypass Highway
(Pattani-Yala)
0+000 ปัตตานี (งาแม่ใน)
PATTANI (Ngamae Nai)
WEST
Hwy 4296 ดอนรัก Don Rak
Hwy 4296 หนองจิก Nong Chik



EAST
Hwy 4296 รูสะมีแล Rusamilae
Hwy 4296 เมืองปัตตานี Mueang Pattani || T-junctions

0+25X ปัตตานี (งาแม่นอก)
Pattani (Ngamae Nok)
WEST
Hwy 42
AH18 หนองจิก
Nong Chik
Hwy 42
AH18 หาดใหญ่
Hat Yai
Hwy 42
AH18 สงขลา
Songkhla
Hwy 42
AH18 สะเดา
Sadao
Hwy 42
AH18 กรุงเทพ
Bangkok



EAST
Hwy 42
AH18 ยะหริ่ง
Yaring
Hwy 42
AH18 นราธิวาส
Narathiwat
Hwy 42
AH18 สูไหงโก-ลก
Su-ngai Kolok|| Junctions

ชายแดนอำเภอเมืองปัตตานี
Mueang Pattani district border
Mueang Pattani-Nong Chik border
ชายแดนอำเภอหนองจิก
Nong Chik district border
6+1XX หนองจิก (มะพร้าวต้นเดียว)
Nong Chik (Maphrao Tondiao)
WEST
Hwy 43 โคกโพธิ์
Khok Pho
Hwy 43 หาดใหญ่
Hat Yai
Hwy 43 สงขลา
Songkhla
Hwy 43 กรุงเทพ
Bangkok



EAST
Hwy 43 ยะรัง
Yarang
Hwy 43 ยะลา
Yala
Hwy 43 ยะหริ่ง
Yaring
Hwy 43 นราธิวาส
Narathiwat
Hwy 43 สูไหงโก-ลก
Su-ngai Kolok || Roundabout

ชายแดนอำเภอหนองจิก
Nong Chik district border
Nong Chik-Mae Lan border
ชายแดนอำเภอแม่ลาน
Mae Lan district border
แม่ลาน
Mae Lan
WEST
PN.3058



EAST
PN.3058 || Interchanges

Mae Lan railroad bridge
ชายแดนอำเภอแม่ลาน
Mae Lan district border
Pattani-Yala provincial border
ชายแดนอำเภอเมืองยะลา
Mueang Yala district border
วงเวียนบ่อเจ็ดลูก
Seven Wells Roundabout
Roundabout

35.649
ยะลา (ท่าสาป)
YALA (Thasap)
WEST
Hwy 409 ยะหา
Yaha
Hwy 409 โคกโพธิ์
Khok Pho
Hwy 409 สงขลา
Songkhla



EAST
Hwy 409 เมืองยะลา
Mueang Yala
Hwy 409 รามัน
Raman
Hwy 409 กรงปินัง
Krong Pinang || T-interchanges

Reference

  1. ^ "ทล.418". Google Maps. 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.