A section of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be totally closed to traffic from midnight of Friday, October 9 to midnight of Sunday, October 11, Joshua Popoola, Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, announced on Wednesday.
The closure is to allow the contractor complete the first stage of casting works, Popoola said in a statement.
The statement explained that the contractor currently carrying out repair works on the bridge 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 to complete work.
Adedamola Kuti, director, Federal Highways, South-West zone, who confirmed this to BusinessDay Wednesday evening, said the closure has become necessary because the repair works on the bridge has approached the stage where there should be no movement on the bridge at all so that it would not shake.
“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 compressive strength,” Popoola said in the statement.
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 second total closure of the section of the bridge will be communicated at a later date.
The section of the bridge between Adekunle and Iyana-Oworo will still remain open, and traffic can move from Ebute-Metta/ Adekunle to Iyana-Oworo and vice-versa.
