By The Third Mainland Bridge will be closed for 72 hours to ensure the casting of concrete on the expansion joints, the Federal Controller of Works Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola announced, on Tuesday.
The shutdown will take effect from midnight on Saturday to midnight on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Popoola said the construction works had reached the stage for casting concrete on additional three expansion joints.
He said, ”The effective date of the closure will be from 12:00 midnight of 25th of December. So people will be allowed to use the Third Mainland Bridge to celebrate Christmas.
“By the time the Christmas is winding down which is 12:00 midnight, we are going to close it so that we will be able to cast the concrete on Saturday the 26th and 27th we cast again.”
According to the controller, all the alternative routes were in good condition, adding that traffic regulatory agencies had been deployed to effectively divert and manage traffic to prevent gridlock.
He also announced a 48-hour partial closure of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway which is to commence from December 28 to December 29, in order to complete the ongoing work on a fly over bridge on the project.
