On top of the junction is an overpass linking Ratchawithi Road and the nearby Victory Monument zone.
Sam Liam Din Daeng is usually one of the areas with the highest amount of traffic violations in Bangkok.
The Sam Liam Din Daeng area, including Tai Duan Din Daeng Junction, was one among many protest sites during the "Bloody Songkran" political unrest of April 2009, which saw crackdowns by the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva against demonstrations by United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the Red Shirts.
[4] Since August 2021, Sam Liam Din Daeng has been used as a venue for daily evening demonstrations against the government of Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha.
Many times the protesters (mostly teenagers but some were members of the Red Shirts) violently clashed with riot police.