Tha Phra (Thai: ท่าพระ, pronounced [tʰâː pʰráʔ]) is a main road intersection in the Wat Tha Phra Subdistrict, Bangkok Yai District in Thon Buri side, Bangkok.
It is considered one of the most traffic jam intersection of Thonburi side (west bank of Chao Phraya river).
[2] The name "Tha Phra" comes from Wat Tha Phra (วัดท่าพระ) a temple located near the intersection, on the inbound side of Charan Sanit Wong Road.
[4] In the era before Phet Kasem Road was cut (1950), Tha Phra and vicinities were all fruit orchards and canals.
[5] It originated as a three-way junction of Phet Kasem and Charan Sanit Wong Roads, the expansion of Ratchadaphisek Road in the mid-1980s turned it into a four-way intersection.