Vibhavadi Rangsit Road

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National Highway 31
ทางหลวงแผ่นดินหมายเลข 31
Route information
Length28.5 km (17.7 mi)
Existed1966–present
Major junctions
FromTai Duan Din Daeng Intersection in
Pathum Thani
Location
CountryThailand
Highway system

Vibhavadi Rangsit Road (Thai: ถนนวิภาวดีรังสิต, RTGSThanon Wiphawadi Rangsit) or Highway 31, often informally called Vibhavadi Road (ถนนวิภาวดี), is a highway in Thailand.

The road begins at

Pathum Thani Province
.

Vibhavadi Rangsit Road is a superhighway through Bangkok with no

Chaengwatthana Road
(Highway 304).

Part of Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, with Don Mueang Tollway visible to the right

It is named in honor of HRH Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit (1920–1977), a well-known Thai novelist who dedicated the final decade of her life to developing rural Southern Thailand, and was killed in an attack by insurgents while trying to rescue injured Border Patrol police. Prior to the renaming of Highway No. 31 as Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, it was commonly known as "Superhighway Road" (Thai: ถนนซูเปอร์ไฮเวย์, Thanon Superhighway).

The section between Chaeng Watthana Road and

Lak Si Monument
to the airport.

Vibhavadi Rangsit Road between Din Daeng Intersection and

Din Daeng
and Phaya Thai districts in Bangkok.

The Uttaraphimuk Elevated Tollway, better known as Don Mueang Tollway runs high above the road and is a toll expressway in Bangkok.