The total closure of Third Mainland Bridge has been announced by the Federal Government.
The closure will take effect from Friday, October 9th and will last for two days to allow for repair works.
The announcement was made today, 7th October by Joshua Popoola, Federal Controller of Works, Lagos.
The total closure of the section of the bridge will take place from 12 midnight of Friday to 12 midnight of October 11th to allow the contractor complete the first stage of casting works.
According to the statement, the contractor carrying out the repair works on the section of the bridge requires the total closure of both sides of the bridge between Adeniyi Adele and Adekune to complete the work.
Excerpts of the statement:
“The total closure of this section of the bridge is to ensure that there is no vibration on the bridge during the casting in-place of the newly installed expansion joints.
“This is to allow for setting of the special concrete, which allows the concrete to achieve its required comprehensive strength.”
The Controller of Works further explained that due to the number of expansion joints to be cast on the closed section of the bridge and the traffic situation in Lagos, during the week days, the casting of the expansion joints will be in two stages to ensure that the total closure is only at the weekends when there is less traffic plying the route.
The second total closure of the section of Third Mainland Bridge will be announced at a later date.
Popoola added however, that the section of the bridge between Adekunle and Iyana-Oworo will still remain open. That way, traffic can move form Ebute-