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]
 Sursoptok in 2024 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | MES Square, Airport Road, Dhaka |
| Coordinates | 23°48′58″N 90°24′20″E / 23.8161°N 90.4056°E |
| Status | open |
| Operation | |
| Work begun | 12 August 2018 |
| Opened | 12 January 2022 |
| Owner | Dhaka North City Corporation |
| Character | pedestrian tunnel |
| Technical | |
| Design engineer | 24th Engineer Brigade, Bangladesh Army |
| Length | 42 meters |
| Tunnel clearance | 15 meters |
Location
editThe 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
editThe 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
editBox 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
editReferences
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- ^ a b "রাজধানীতে দৃষ্টিনন্দন আন্ডারপাস 'সুরসপ্তক'". Rising BD (in Bengali). 13 January 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
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- ^ a b "'সুরসপ্তক' আন্ডারপাসে চাঁদের আলো". Dhaka Post (in Bengali). 13 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
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- ^ Mizan, Morsalin (14 January 2022). "বায়ান্ন বাজার তিপ্পান্ন গলি". Daily Janakantha (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "'সুর সপ্তক' আন্ডারপাসের নাম পরিবর্তন চায় শিক্ষার্থীরা". Daily Anandabazar (in Bengali). 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ a b Bhaduri, Jayasree (29 September 2020). "প্রস্তুত আন্ডারপাস সুরসপ্তক". Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
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