1296 — the square
James McCarthy (1853–1919) · Public domainพ.ศ. 1839 — สี่เหลี่ยม
Mangrai founds Chiang Mai on the higher ground a kilometre west of the Ping, after his first city on the bank flooded. A moat 6.54 km round, a gate…
Eras
Seven chapters of road-building, 1296 to now, and what each one did to the city.
1796–1900 — Kawila's rebuilding
FredTC · CC BY-SA 4.02339–2443 — ยุคพระเจ้ากาวิละ
Kawila re-enters the empty city in 1796, restores the walls and gives the corners their bastions. Through the century Siam's hold tightens; the first…
1300s–1700s — Lanna and Burma
Unknown author · Public domainพุทธศตวรรษ 19–23 — ล้านนากับพม่า
The kingdom's roads were tracks and its highways were the Ping and the Kok. Two centuries of Burmese rule from 1558 left the walls standing and the…
1935 — the monk's road
Jakub Hałun · CC BY-SA 4.02478 — ถนนครูบา
Kruba Srivichai's road up Doi Suthep: ground broken 9 November 1934, open to vehicles 30 April 1935, 11.53 km of earth and laterite, five months and…
2010s–2020s — going under, and going up
This Photo was taken by Supanut Arunoprayote. Feel free to use any of my images, but please mention me as the author and may send me a message. (สามารถใช้ภาพได้อิสระ แต่กรุณาใส่เครดิตผู้ถ่ายและอาจส่ · CC BY 4.0ทศวรรษ 2550–2560 — ลอดใต้ และยกขึ้น
Fa Ham underpass opens 2018 at 1,172.8 million baht. Route 118 is four-laned section by section, the last 17.5 km due 2026. Five interchanges on the…
1984–2006 — the rings
Christophe95 · CC BY-SA 4.02527–2549 — ยุควงแหวน
The first comprehensive plan, 1984, lays out the middle and outer rings; Interior Ministry Regulation 78 of 1989 fixes them. The outer ring, Route…
1900–1950 — Siam and the railway
Unknown author · Public domain2443–2493 — สยามกับรถไฟ
The railway reaches the east bank on 1 January 1921 and Tha Phae becomes the commercial street. Between 1910 and 1915 Chang Moi Gate and its earth…
1960s–70s — the Superhighway
Survey of India Offices · Public domainทศวรรษ 2510 — ซุปเปอร์ไฮเวย์
The Department of Highways' Lampang centre builds the Chiang Mai–Lampang road, Route 11, in 1968–69, two lanes, to shorten the run to Bangkok…