27km traffic jam in Nakhon Ratchasima
published : 30 Dec 2019 at 05:24
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Prasit Tangprasert
Traffic moved slowly for a distance of 27 kilometres on Mittraphap Highway from Pak Chong district to Si Khiu district in Nakhon Ratchasima on Sunday morning.
The traffic congestion on the main highway linking Bangkok with northeastern provinces was particularly heavy on the uphill section of Mitrapharp Highway (Highway 2) from tambon Nong Sarai in Pak Chong district to Si Khiu district.
Northeast-bound vehicles moved faster after they passed Si Khiu interchange, where Mitraphap Highway adjoins Highway 201 leading to Chaiyaphum province and Highway 24 to Buri Ram, Si Sa Ket, Surin and Ubon Ratchathani provinces.
Police assumed heavy traffic conditions would last until Monday as people working in Bangkok return to their native provinces in the Northeast for the New Year holidays.
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- congestion: a situation in which a place is crowded with people or vehicles - แน่นขนัดไปด้วยรถหรือคน
- interchange: a place where different roads, highways or expressways connect; a place where you change from one road to another -
- native: connected with the place where you were born and lived for the first years of your life - แต่กำเนิด,โดยกำเนิด, พื้นเมือง
- particularly: especially, or more than usual - โดยเฉพาะ
