Sursoptok Underpass ( bn, সুরসপ্তক আন্ডারপাস) is a
pedestrian underpass
A subway, also known as an underpass, is a grade-separated pedestrian crossing which crosses underneath a road or railway in order to entirely separate pedestrians and cyclists from motor traffic or trains respectively.
Terminology
In the Un ...
located in
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
,
Bangladesh
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. It is one of four underpasses in Dhaka. The underpass with 15 meter high, 135 meters long, 5 meters, four 42 meter long tunnels
Gulistan underpass
Gulistan underpass ( bn, গুলিস্তান আন্ডারপাস) is a pedestrian underpass in Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the Capita ...
was the largest underpass in the country.[
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Location
The underpass is located near Kurmitola General Hospital
The Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) is a public medical school in Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the only government medical college under the Ministry of Defence of Bangladesh. From 1999 to 2008 it was affiliated with University ...
and Radisson Hotel
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at the MES square of Airport road, adjacent to Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College
Shaheed Bir Bikrom Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College is a school and university college in Dhaka, Bangladesh, adjacent to Sursoptok underpass. It is managed by the Bangladesh Army and primarily for the children of Army personnel. Pupils from the civi ...
in Dhaka.
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 per the demands raised by the protesters.[ 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, it was named ''Sursoptok'' in honor of the seven heroes.][ was inaugurated four years after construction began.
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Description
Box pushing technology was used in the underpass's construction by the 24 Engineer Brigade of Bangladesh Army. The construction cost for the underpass was Taka 57 crore,
Notes
References
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Subway (underpass)
Buildings and structures in Dhaka
2022 establishments in Bangladesh
Tunnels in Bangladesh