Roads and Highways Department

The Roads and Highways Department (Bengali: সড়ক ও জনপথ অধিদপ্তর) is an agency of the Government of Bangladesh responsible for the construction and maintenance of highways and bridges across Bangladesh.

[1][2] The department is a subsidiary of the Road Transport and Highways Division, a division of the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges.

Roads and Highways Department was established in 1962 after the Construction & Building organisation was broken into two, the other being Public Works Department.

[1] The department is responsible for the construction of roads, highways, and bridges and their upkeep.

It also has a broader plan to replace ferry routes with bridges.