Samsen Road

They will swim from the sea to spawn in freshwater sources on the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok area to the north.

Legendarily a floating Buddha statue required up to three hundred thousand people to raise it from the water.

[6] Although it is short, Samsen road runs through historic and important places such as Bang Khun Phrom Palace and Bank of Thailand with Devavesm Palace, Thewet Bridge, Immaculate Conception Church, Saint Francis Xavier Church, Saint Gabriel's College, Vajira Hospital, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Sukhothai Palace, National Library and Royal Pier, Thavasuki, Wat Bot Samsen, Boon Rawd Brewery Headquarters and Sappaya-Sapasathan, the new Parliament House.

[2][3] The road also a location of five piers for Chao Phraya Express Boat: Thewet (N15), Payap (N18), Irrigation Dept.

In addition, at the point that it intersects with Ratchawithi road (Sang Hi intersection) near the Krungthon Bridge (Sang Hi Bridge) on Ratchawithi road is also the location of the San Chao Mae Thapthim Samsen, a Chinese shrine of Shui Wei Sheng Niang, goddess of the sea according to the belief of Hainanese since ancient times, similar to Mazu.