3rd Mainland To Be Shut Down This Sunday

The Lagos State Government has announced that Third Mainland Bridge will be closed totally to traffic on Sunday, to allow for thorough repair works on the bridge.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa, while addressing stakeholders, said the move is to allow the contractor, Borini Prono, to do the concrete casting of the expansion joints currently undergoing repair works on Oworonshoki-bound section.
Opeifa explained that the concrete casting and drying process requires zero vibration, hence the diversion of vehicular traffic away from the bridge from Adeniji Adele to Oworonshoki end on Sunday.
He therefore advised motorists, especially those inward Lagos Island and Ikeja, to make use of alternative routes on Sunday, as the bridge would undergo complete diversion of traffic from 6.00 am to 12 midnight.  
Opeifa, while commending the perseverance of Lagosians since the start of the repair works on the 11.8 km bridge which started on July 8, appealed to road users to bear with the government as the repair works and diversions would soon be completed.
The commissioner urged motorists coming in from the Island to follow the diversion at Adeniji Adele Interchange to connect Carter Bridge, link Iddo interchange where they could easily connect Ikeja, Ojota, Ketu, Ikorodu, Agege, Lagos Ibadan expressway, Alimosho, Oshodi, Abule Egba, among others through Eko Bridge, Herbert Macaulay Road and Apapa-Oshodi Expressway.
He added that those going to Lagos Island would be diverted at Oworonshoki to connect Ikorodu Road (via Anthony interchange) to link either Jibowu to Muritala Mohammed Way to Iddo or continue to Eko Bridge through Funsho Williams Avenue or Agege Motor Road (via Oshodi Interchange) to link Moshalasi to either Jibowu to Muritala Mohammed Way to Iddo or continue to Eko Bridge through Funsho Williams Avenue or in the alternative use Apapa-Oshodi Expressway through Mile 2 to connect Ijora then Lagos Island.