{{Short description|Road intersection in Bangkok, Thailand}} [[File:Lat Phrao - panoramio.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|View from one of the flyovers crossing the intersection, looking along Vibhavadi Rangsit Road to the south, in 2010]] '''Lat Phrao Intersection''' ({{langx|th|ห้าแยกลาดพร้าว}}, {{RTGS|Ha Yaek Lat Phrao}} {{IPA|th|hâː jɛ̂ːk lâːt pʰráːw|pron}}, ''ha yaek'' meaning 'five-way junction') is a major road junction in [[Chatuchak District]] of the [[Thailand|Thai]] capital [[Bangkok]]. It is where [[Phahonyothin Road|Phahonyothin]] and [[Vibhavadi Rangsit Road|Vibhavadi Rangsit]] roads—the city's two main northward highways—cross each other, and is also the beginning of [[Lat Phrao Road]], which leads eastward through its highly populated suburbs. The junction carries the second-highest amount of road traffic in the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=10 แยก ปริมาณจราจร ระดับแสนคันต่อวัน !!! |url=https://www.terrabkk.com/news/190449/10-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%81-%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%A3-%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99- |website=TerraBKK |accessdate=9 March 2020 |language=th |date=21 June 2017}}</ref>
As a five-way junction with multiple flyovers, some directions of traffic must follow complicated routes through the junction. The elevated [[Don Mueang Tollway]] runs above the flyovers carrying Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, and the northward extension of the [[BTS Skytrain]]'s [[Sukhumvit Line]], opened in 2019, soars above as a third level of elevated infrastructure.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mahitthirook |first1=Amornrat |title=Lat Phrao motorists get traffic warning |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1078496/lat-phrao-motorists-get-traffic-warning |accessdate=9 March 2020 |work=Bangkok Post |date=5 September 2016}}</ref> The BTS's [[Ha Yaek Lat Phrao station]] serves the area, as does the [[Phahon Yothin MRT station|Phahon Yothin station]] of the underground [[MRT Blue Line]].
The neighbourhood around the intersection is home to numerous shops, retail centres and commercial offices. With the opening of the BTS extension, numerous condominium towers have also risen in the area. Directly west of the intersection lies the extensive green spaces of the coterminous [[Chatuchak Park|Chatuchak]], [[Wachirabenchathat Park|Wachirabenchathat]] and [[Queen Sirikit Park|Queen Sirikit]] parks, the largest in the city. The [[CentralPlaza Lardprao]] and [[Union Mall]] shopping malls occupy the junction's northern and eastern corners, while many office towers are located in its southern corner.<ref>{{cite web |title=6 reasons to visit Ladprao this weekend |url=https://bk.asia-city.com/city-living/news/neighborhood-guide-ladprao-bangkok |website=BK magazine |accessdate=9 March 2020 |date=27 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BTS Ha Yaek Lat Phrao opens soon: Here's where to eat and drink in the area |url=https://coconuts.co/bangkok/food-drink/bts-ha-yaek-lat-phrao-opens-soon-heres-where-to-eat-and-drink-in-the-area/ |website=Coconuts Bangkok |accessdate=9 March 2020 |date=6 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.propertyinsight.co/article/5-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7|title='ห้าแยกลาดพร้าว' HUB ใหม่ของคนกทม. —เชื่อมต่อทุกการเดินทาง ครบทุกปัจจัย แห่งการใช้ชีวิตในเมือง—|date=2017-04-13|language=thai|work=propertyinsight}}</ref>
In January 2014, the political protest group the [[People's Democratic Reform Committee]] occupied the intersection for anti-government protests in the course of the [[2013–2014 Thai political crisis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationtv.tv/main/content/378393916/|title=กปปส.ยุบเวทีลาดพร้าว-อนุสาวรีย์ รวมทัพสวนลุมฯ|language=thai|date=2014-02-03|work=[[Nation TV (Thailand)|Nation TV]]}}</ref> In May 2018, the [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]] began cracking down on street vendors around the intersection in an effort of urban tidying.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wongsamuth |first1=Nanchanok |title=Do we really want to be just like Singapore? |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/special-reports/620092/do-we-really-want-to-be-just-like-singapore |accessdate=9 March 2020 |work=Bangkok Post |date=12 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bugaboo.tv/watch/384608/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A1.%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7.html|title=กทม.เรียกประชุมจัดระเบียบย่านห้าแยกลาดพร้าว หลังผู้ค้าแผงลอยรุกล้ำทางเท้า|language=thai|date=2018-05-20|work=Channel 7}}</ref>
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