Federal Government has announced plans to completely shutdown a section of Third Mainland Bridge for a period of two days, for repair works.
The bridge will be totally shut from Friday midnight to Sunday midnight to enable contractors carry out special repair works on the 11.8km platform.
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The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, October 7.
Giving reasons for the closure, Popoola said the construction had reached a stage where there should not be any form of movement or vibration on the bridge for concrete casting.
The Comptroller expressed;
The contractor, Messrs Borini Prono & Co. (Nig.) Ltd is nearing completion of works on the closed section of Third Mainland Bridge and requires the total closure of both bounds of the bridge between Adeniji Adele and Adekunle (i.e. in addition to the closed bound of the bridge, the other bound from Adekunle to Adeniji Adele will also be closed) to complete work.
He stated;
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 the setting of the special concrete, which allows the concrete to achieve its required compressive strength.
Due to the number of expansion joints to be cast on the closed section of the bridge and the traffic situation in Lagos State, especially during the weekdays; 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
Popoola noted that traffic officials would be deployed to help traffic flow to all the alternative routes.
He revealed that the second total closure of the section of the bridge between Adekunle and Adeniji Adele would be communicated to the general public at a later date.
Popoola however stated that the section of the bridge between Adekunle and Iyana – Oworo will remain open, and traffic can move from Ebute-Metta/ Adekunle to Iyana – Oworo and vice Versa.
