Tha Phra

Tha Phra (ท่าพระ, ) is a main road intersection in the Wat Tha Phra Subdistrict, Bangkok Yai District in Thon Buri side, Bangkok.

Characteristics & history
The intersection is the junction of Ratchadaphisek (Inner Ring Road) and Charan Sanit Wong Roads, include the first junction of Phet Kasem Road (Highway 4), the road to southern Thailand and the longest road in Thailand.

Around Tha Phra intersection, there is an overpass on the junction of Phet Kasem Road, and a tunnel between Ratchadapisek with Charan Sanit Wong Roads. It is considered one of the most traffic jam intersection of Thonburi side (west bank of Chao Phraya river).

The name "Tha Phra" comes from Wat Tha Phra (วัดท่าพระ) a temple located near the intersection, on the inbound side of Charan Sanit Wong Road.

Tha Phra intersection is the location of Tha Phra MRT station on the MRT Blue Line, which allows self-interchange between the Bang Sue–Tha Phra and the Hua Lamphong–Lak Song segments of the line.

In the era before Phet Kasem Road was cut (1950), Tha Phra and vicinities were all fruit orchards and canals. The most famous fruit was Burmese grape.

It originated as a three-way junction of Phet Kasem and Charan Sanit Wong Roads, the expansion of Ratchadaphisek Road in the mid-1980s turned it into a four-way intersection. The overpass was completed and opened in 1991.

Surroundings

 * Phet Kasem side
 * Bangkok Thonburi Vocational College (formerly Wiboon Business Administration College)
 * Saiprasit Wittaya School and Saiprasit Business Administration Technological College
 * Naowa Chamnian Bridge
 * Tha Phra Rungruang Market
 * Wat Pradu Chimphli
 * Wat Pradu Chimphli School
 * Wat Pradu Nai Songtham
 * Wat Pradu Nai Songtham School
 * Wat Nuannoradit
 * Wat Nuannoradit School
 * Charan Sanit Wong side
 * Wat Tha Phra
 * Tha Phra Police Station
 * Wat Chao Mun
 * Wat Chao Mun School
 * Siam Technological College
 * Sesawech Vidhaya School (closed)
 * Ratchadapisek side
 * Prasart Wittaya Anuchon School
 * Bangkok Yai District Office
 * Talat Phlu BTS station
 * Talat Phlu
 * Ratchada-Tha Phra Hospital
 * The Mall Tha Phra

Transportation

 * MRT Subway: Tha Phra MRT station
 * BMTA bus: routes 7ก (4-48), 42, 68, 80, 80ก, 84, 84ก, 91ก, 101, 165, 189, 208, 547 (air cond.) 4-36 (7), 42 (4-10), 57 (4-41), 68, 80, 84, 89 (4-47), 91, 108 (4-19), 146 (4-52), 147 (4-25), 157 (4-54E), 509, 547 (4-63)