HEAVY DUTY PNEUMATIC TIRE

This heavy duty pneumatic tire includes a block (6) on a tread surface (1). Shallow grooves are provided in the block. At least one of the shallow grooves (7, 9, 31, 32) is a raised bottom shallow groove that is in communication with at least one groove among circumferential grooves and transverse grooves adjacent to the block, extends in a direction intersecting the tire circumferential direction at least in a central portion of the block in the tire width direction, and has a groove depth that is shallower in the central portion of the block in the tire width direction than at an end of the raised bottom shallow groove in the tire width direction, thereby increasing block rigidity while achieving good mud drainage.