Third Mainland Bridge set to be closed.

According to a statement issued by the
Ministry of Transportation, the closure will
take place on Friday midnight.

Bolanle Ogunlola, who signed the statement on behalf of the Public Affairs Unit, said the move is in “furtherance of the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge
occasioned by the ongoing first phase
rehabilitation works nearing completion.”

“The Lagos State Government has announced that there will be a total closure
of the Adekunle to Adeniji section of the
bridge for the second time from midnight of Friday 30th October to Sunday 1st November 2020,” the statement partly read.

The Commissioner for Transportation,
Frederic Oladeinde, said: “This second phase closure of the repair works is coming two weeks behind schedule as result of delay occasioned by the recent mayhems around the Lagos metropolis.”

Oladeinde noted that the decision to close
the section of the bridge for repairs is “to
prevent vibrations on the bridge during the
casting-in-place of the newly installed
expansion joints which in turn will allow
the special concrete achieve its required
compressive strength.”

He had earlier explained that the casting of
the expansion joints would be in two
phases due to the number of expansion
joints that will be cast and to effectively
manage the attendant traffic, hence, repair
works slated for weekends to minimize
inconveniences that may arise from the
total closure.

While commending residents of the state
for being patient since the commencement
of the project, the commissioner
hinted that the previous alternative routes
remain the same for road users to utilize
during the closure period, while LASTMA
and other Traffic Management Agencies
will be on the ground to direct traffic for
easy vehicular movement.

He also “assured that the section of the
bridge between Adekunle and Iyana
Oworo still remains open, as well as Ebute
Metta outbound section into iyana-Oworo.”