Lagos to completely shut Third Mainland Bridge Friday-Sunday

The Lagos State Government says the Third Mainland Bridge will be totally shut to traffic from midnight Friday, February 19 to midnight Sunday 21, 2021 for final rehabilitation work.

It said on Tuesday that the bridge would be shut to allow the contractor handling the repairs to cast the final expansion joint before its reopening for traffic at the end of February.

The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, who disclosed this, in a statement said the action would allow the contractor to set the expansion joint concrete without vibrations.

According to him, the concrete will require between three and four days to set.

He added that the casting was fixed for weekend to reduce traffic congestion along the axis for motorists.

He urged motorists from Ogudu, Alapere and Gbagada to use the Ikorodu Road, Jibowu and Yaba as alternative routes, while Iyana Oworoshoki-bound traffic from Lagos-Island, Iddo, Oyingbo, Adekunle and Yaba should use Herbert Macaulay Way, Jibowu and Ikorodu Road as alternative routes.

The commissioner said traffic officials would be deployed along the affected routes to minimise traffic impediments during the closure.