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Item Underpass Pedestrian Crossing Connecting the Two Campuses of Addis Ababa Institute of Technology(Addis Ababa University, 2013-09) Beshah, Tiruye; Zerayohannes, Girma (PhD)Road traffic accident is becoming the major problem globally. Our country is also facing the problem currently with increasing trend of the magnitude of the problem from time to time. Addis Ababa, the capital of the nation is the major area where traffic accident is occurring in the country. One of the main reasons for road traffic accident is thought to be due to imbalance between the number of pedestrians, vehicle number and size of the road. These problems are also the main contributors for the road traffic accident in Addis Ababa. To solve the above problems providing an appropriate path for pedestrians is vital. Constructing pedestrian underpass around Addis Ababa Institute of Technology is one solution for preventing the road traffic accident that happens in this area. Civil Designer, AchiCAD, Excel and AutoCAD software were used for the design analysis of the pedestrian underpass. The minimum loading requirements for determining loads and forces was taken from ERA’s Bridge Design Manual-2002 and AASHTO Geometric Design Manual 2001. The final design of foundations was conducted based on the safe bearing capacity of the foundation computed from the geotechnical investigations.