Sursoptok underpass
Pedestrian underpass in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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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 | |
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Sursoptok in 2024 | |
 Interactive map of Sursoptok | |
| Overview | |
| Location | MES Square, Airport Road, Dhaka |
| Coordinates | 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
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 underpass's construction was inaugurated 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]