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Bangkok Post
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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Expressway collapse leads to traffic woes - Caught on Camera

A picture that the Expressway Authority of Thailand released on Sunday shows a beam of a new elevated expressway collapsed during concrete casting on both inbound and outbound lanes of the Chalerm Maha Nakhon expressway in Dao Khanong area of Bangkok's Chom Thong district. An elevated span of the old outbound section of the Chalerm Maha Nakhon expressway consequently fell to the ground.

Transport authorities are recommending detours to motorists as the collapse of a new expressway on Saturday seriously damaged an existing Bangkok-Thon Buri expressway ramp which connects to Rama II Road, a main southbound highway, and its complete reopening will take about a month.

The Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) said near the collapse site on Sunday that police expected very heavy traffic congestion in the area on Monday as the collapse blocked both inbound and outbound traffic on the Chalerm Maha Nakhon expressway ramp near the Dao Khanong toll plaza.

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