Third Mainland Bridge to be shut down during Christmas - Olukayode Popoola

In order to cast concrete on the expansion joints, the Federal Controller of Works for Lagos State, Olukayode Popoola, has declared a 72-hour complete closure of the Third Mainland Bridge. 

The shutdown will take effect from midnight on Saturday to midnight on Tuesday, Popoola told NAN on Tuesday. 

According to him, the construction work on three additional expansion joints had reached the stage for casting concrete.

Popoola said last week, "The contractor is ready to cast another three expansion joints this weekend on the Island-bound lane where we are working now, but we have a lot of vehicles on the road due to the festive period." 

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"We have been advised to leave it until next week, maybe during the public holiday, where the complete closure will take place." 

He noticed that over 70 per cent of the work on the surface of the bridge was finished, just 22 per cent of the whole project was completed.