Tag: Third Mainland Bridge’s shutdown

Why Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, 3rd Mainland Bridge’ll be Closed – Official

Damola Oyede

  The Nigerian Government has announced a fresh plan for temporary and full shut down of two important tranport links to Lagos, the commercial capital. Federal Controller of Works for Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, announced a 72-hour total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge to cast concrete on the expansion joints. Popoola announced this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday. He said the shutdown will take effect from midnight on Saturday to midnight on Tuesday. He added that construction works had reached the stage for casting…

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Banks, Oil firms, traders fret as Nigeria begins Africa’s 2nd longest bridge shutdown July 24

Efe Wellington

  11.8km all-important Third Mainland Bridge’s shutdown to last till January 2021 The Nigerian Government has announced the shutdown of the 11.8 kilometers Third Mainland Bridge, second longest in Africa, for six months starting from Friday, July 24. This decision, Platforms Africa gathered exclusively, has raised concerns among staff of Banks, Oil Companies and other corporate institutions with headquarters or major offices on the various Islands in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. The bridge is longest and biggest of the three bridges that link the companies headquarters to the Muritala Muhammed…

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