The Federal Government on Wednesday announced that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos would be completely closed to traffic for three days.
The closure will take effect from midnight on Friday to midnight on Sunday to enable contractors carry out special repair works on the 11.8km platform.
This was announced by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr. Olukayode Popoola, via a statement.
According to Popoola, the repair work on the bridge had reached a stage where there should not be any form of movement or vibration on the it for concrete casting.
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“The first total closure of the section of the bridge between Adekunle and Adeniji Adele will be from midnight of Friday, 9th October 2020 to midnight of Sunday, 11th October 2020 to enable the contractor finish the first stage of casting works,” the statement read in part.
The controller assured that traffic officials would be deployed to help traffic flow to all the alternative routes.
