Three-day total closure of Third Mainland Bridge begins Friday – FG

 

A section of Third Mainland Bridge will be totally closed for three days for major repair work, the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Joshua Popoola, has said.

He said in a statement on Wednesday that the total closure would commence on Friday October 9 at midnight.

According to him, this is to ensure there would be no vibration on the bridge when the contractor handling the work, Messrs Borini Prono, would be doing concrete casting.

The statement said, “The first total closure of the section of the bridge between Adekunle and Adeniji Adele will be from midnight of Friday, 9th October 2020 to midnight of Sunday, 11th October 2020 to allow the contractor to complete the first stage of casting work.

“The contractor, Messrs Borini Prono & Co. (Nig.) Ltd is nearing completion of work on the closed section of the 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.

“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.”

The controller said the second total closure of the section of the bridge between Adekunle and Adeniji Adele would be announced at a later date.

“The section of the bridge between Adekunle and Iyana–Oworo will still remain open, and traffic can move from Ebute-Meta/Adekunle to Iyana–Oworo, and vice–versa,” he added.

The bridge was partially shut on July 24 this year for six-month rehabilitation work.