Repairs: FG shuts Third Mainland Bridge for 8 weeks

THE Federal Government, has shut down the Iyana Oworonshoki-Adeniji-Adele section of the Third Mainland Bridge, in continuation of the comprehensive rehabilitation works on the bridge.

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs. Olukorede Kesha, who supervised the closure, said the closure of the bridge would be done in two phases daily, adding that traffic would be diverted to different carriageways at different times to mark the beginning of the rehabilitation.

The closure is at the intersection where motorists coming from Ojota connect the Third Mainland to the Island-bound carriageway.

The Controller was accompanied by the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Kayode Farinloye; the Commissioner for Transportation in Lagos State, Oluwaseun Osiyemi; Commissioner of Police, Fayoade Adekoya, and other top officials.

This, she said, was to allow motorists to use the bridge while the rehabilitation works continued.

She explained that the Mainland inbound Lagos Island lane would be open from midnight to noon, while those who intend to come from the Island to the Mainland will use Eko Bridge.

She said: “Motorists from Iyana Oworo, Toll Gate, Ogudu or Ibadan can no longer use this axis (Island Bound carriageway) so they will have to go through Gbagada, Anthony-Ikorodu-Road-Western-Avenue, Funsho Williams to Carter Bridge or Eko Bridge going forward but this is going to be a daily thing.

“So, in the morning, they have access from midnight to noon the next day, while in the afternoon, the Adeniji to Iyana Oworo bound to have free access from 1.00 p.m. thereabout till midnight.”