closed totally to traffic on Sunday to allow for thorough repair works
on the bridge.
The government has advised motorists in the state to make use of
alternative roads on Sunday as the bridge would undergo complete
diversion of traffic from 6.00 am to 12 midnight.
Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa, who disclosed this in
Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, said that the complete diversion from the
bridge was to allow the contractor, Borini Prono, to do the concrete
casting of the expansion joints currently undergoing repair works on
Oworonshoki-bound section.
According to him, the concrete casting and drying process required
zero vibration, hence the diversion of vehicular traffic away from the
bridge from Adeniji Adele to Oworonshoki end on Sunday.
He added that during the diversion, motorists inward Lagos Island and
Ikeja would be restricted from having access to the bridge from 6.00
am to 12 midnight.
Opeifa urged motorists approaching from Lagos end 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. Culled from Daily Post