Sursoptok underpass

Sursoptok Underpass (Bengali: সুরসপ্তক আন্ডারপাস) is a pedestrian underpass located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is one of four underpasses in Dhaka.^[a] The underpass with 15 meter high, 135 meters long, 5 meters, four 42 meter long tunnels^[2][3] is currently the largest underpass in Bangladesh.^[4] Prior to its construction, Gulistan underpass was the largest underpass in the country.^[1]

Surasaptak

Overview
Location	MES Square, Airport Road, Dhaka
Coordinates	23°48′58″N 90°24′20″E / 23.8161°N 90.4056°E / 23.8161; 90.4056
Status	open
Operation
Work begun	12 August 2018
Opened	12 January 2022
Owner	Dhaka North City Corporation
Character	pedestrian tunnel
Technical
Design engineer	24 Engineer Brigade, Bangladesh Army
Length	42 meters
Tunnel clearance	15 meters

Location

The underpass is located near Kurmitola General Hospital and Radisson Hotel at the MES square of Airport road, adjacent to Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College in Dhaka.^[5][6][7]

Background

The safe road movement started in 2018 after a road accident took the lives of two students in the underpass area. The government ordered the construction of underpass under the accident prone road^[8] per the demands raised by the protesters.^[6] the Inauguration of the underpass's construction happened in August 14 days after the accident. Although the protesters requested that the underpass be named after the dead students,^[9] it was named Sursoptok in honor of the seven heroes.^[2] The underpass, delayed due to the corona outbreak,^[10] was inaugurated four years after construction began.^[11]

Description

Box pushing technology was used^[12] in the underpass's construction by the 24 Engineer Brigade of Bangladesh Army. The construction cost for the underpass was Taka 57 crore,^[13] and it has a museum.^[10]

Notes

1. Others are Gulistan underpass, Gabtali underpass and Butterfly Cave.^[1]

References

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