urban exploration

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/3163065

Construction commenced in 1990 for the Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System (BERT), connecting central Bangkok to the former main airport, Don Mueang International Airport. The initiative aimed to alleviate escalating traffic congestion by implementing an elevated roadway and rail network.

However, the project was largely halted in 1992 and was eventually terminated in 1998 due to legal and financial complications. By then, around 13% of the project had been executed, mainly in the form of concrete pillars designed to support the highway and railway tracks.

Some of these pillars have been dismantled, while the remainder still stands. These abandoned pillars have garnered the nickname "Thai Stonehenge" due to the artistic appearance of certain pillar structures.

The construction company estimated the works to have costed US$575 million.