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15 Things To Know About The Third-Mainland Bridge
- The Third-Mainland Bridge is one of the three bridges linking Lagos Island to the mainland.
- It was named Third-Mainland Bridge because it is the third of the three bridges that connects Lagos Island with the Mainland – the other two being the Eko and Carter Bridges.
- The Third-Mainland Bridge is the longest of the three bridges.
- The Third-Mainland bridge starts from Oworonshoki which is linked to the Apapa-Oshodi expressway and Lagos-Ibadan expressway, and ends at the Adeniji Adele Interchange on Lagos Island.
- The completion of the abandoned Third-Mainland Bridge was a collaborative effort of the Gen. Babangida-led Federal government and the Raji-Rasaki-led Lagos state government.
- Renowned engineering firm, Julius Berger, constructed the Third-Mainland Bridge.
- The then Nigerian Head-of-State, General Ibrahim Babangida, commissioned the Bridge on his birthday – 17th August,1990.
- The Third-Mainland Bridge has a total length of 11.8 km.
- The Third-Mainland Bridge was the longest bridge in Africa until 1996 when the 20.5 km long “6th October Bridge” located in Cairo, Egypt was completed in 1996.
- The Third-Mainland Bridge is the longest Bridge longest in West Africa.
- The official name of the bridge is “Ibrahim Babangida Bridge”. However, the bridge is rarely called by that name.
- The Third-Mainland Bridge is an eight-lane bridge.
- The Bridge offers breath-taking views of the Lagos Lagoon, the University of Lagos Waterfront and Makoko, a shanty town built on the Lagos Lagoon.
- Less than N1Billion naira was spent by the Babangida administration to complete the Third Mainland Bridge after the abandoned project was restarted.
- In 2013, 1.05billion was spent on repair works on the Third Mainland Bridge and additional works on the bridge’s expansion joints.
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