Babatunde Fashola Announces Third Mainland Bridge Reopens Fully Today
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| Federal Government had partly close the Third Mainland Bridge on July 24, 2020 for some other spherical of rehabilitation |
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has announced that the Third Mainland Bridge can be absolutely reopened today after rehabilitation works.
Fashola made the assertion on Saturday through Twitter.
Third mainland bridge rehab completed. Fully opens to traffic at 12noon today. Thank you all for your patience. Drive safely
— Babatunde Fashola (@tundefashola) February 27, 2021
The Federal Government had partly close the Third Mainland Bridge on July 24, 2020 for some other spherical of rehabilitation.
The sequence of repairs, anticipated to last 6 umonths, changed into prolonged from January to February due to the #EndSARS protests.
The bridge construction was at first divided into 2 phases of 3 months on every carriageway, beginning with the Oworonsoki-bound carriageway whose finishing dragged to 4 months.
Traffic was partly diverted on a stretch of 3.5km wherein construction became on-going among Adeniji Adele Ramp and Ebute Meta, whilst distinctive time belts have been allocated for traffic diversions on the bridge.