250px, Thanon Tok in 2020 Thanon Tok (, ) is a road junction in the Bang Kho Laem Subdistrict, Bang Kho Laem District, Bangkok. It is a point of intersection where Charoen Krung,

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and Mahaisawan Roads meet. The boundaries of the junction are considered to be where Charoen Krung and Mahaisawan Roads terminates, and where Rama III Road originate. The name "Thanon Tok" means ''"road to fall"'', because it is the final stretch of Charoen Krung Road that straight to south and dead-ends on the

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. Hence colloquially referred to as "Thanon Tok" according its characteristics. Originally, it was a main port of Bangkok named "Thanon Tok Pier" before the establishment of

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, also was a location of

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. Subsequently, when water transportation and water trading were reduced in importance and Bangkok Port moved to present

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, it became a freight-only pier. Government facilities in the area include

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, a public hospital under the

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(BMA) and the Yan Nawa office of the

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(MEA), where one of Bangkok's former

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s is preserved as a tourist attraction. The Bang Kho Laem Line of the Bangkok trams terminated here at Thanon Tok.

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(BMTA) bus line 1 is the only route that runs all the length of Charoen Krung from Thanon Tok to Tha Tian in the old town zone of

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, the distance is . At the southern end of Charoen Krung Road from Trok Chan as far as Thanon Tok considered as a large community of Muslims. Thus making it the location of many

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s i.e. Masjid Darul Abideen, Masjid Al Bayaan, Masjid Bang Uthit, Masjid Assalafiyah etc. These Muslim ancestors all migrated from

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or Malay since the reign of King

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(Rama I) in the early Rattanakosin (18th century). In addition, Thanon Tok is also the point where construction of the Inner Ring Road or more widely known as

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began. King

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(Rama IX) presided over the opening ceremony of construction on June 8, 1972. Today, it forms the beginning of Rama III Road.

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{{reflist Streets in Bangkok Bang Kho Laem district Road junctions in Bangkok Populated places on the Chao Phraya River Neighbourhoods of Bangkok