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See How Popular Roads And Bridges In Lagos Looked Like In The Past (PHOTOS)
Lagos State is home to one of the largest population of black people on earth.
Nigeria’s commercial capital has undergone a significant transformation over the decades.
Below are photos of some popular roads and bridge in Lagos as they were in years and decades past.
See if you can recognize them.

Ikorodu Road, 1947

Carter bridge. This important bridge in Lagos was first constructed in 1901.

Tinubu Square, Lagos in the 1940s

Broad Street, Lagos Island, Mid-40s.

Tinubu Square, Pre-Independence

Marina Street, Lagos Island. On the right-hand of the photo is the residence Of Colonial Governor (State House, Marina Lagos ) Built in 1888. This photo was likely taken around 1930

Ereko Street, Lagos Island, 1956.

Tinubu Square

Marina Rd, Lagos Island, Lagos

Olonode Street, Yaba

Carter Bridge, Lagos

Yaba, Lagos 1959 Photographer: Konrad Helbig Deutsche Fotothek

Tinubu Square, Lagos Island, Lagos. (1960). Credit: E. Ludwig John Hinde Studios

Customs Street, Lagos Island, Lagos (In the photo: Glover Memorial Hall)

Marina Street, Lagos Island (In the photo: Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina)

Yaba, Lagos

Ikorodu Expressway, 1970

Carter Bridge, Lagos

Marina, Lagos Island, Lagos, 1960s/early 1970 Photographer: Gerhard Vetter Deutsche Fotothek

Carter Bridge, Lagos

Marina, Lagos Island, Lagos.

Yaba, Lagos

Carter Bridge Slide, Lagos, April 1962. Source Ruth Bourne collection.

Marina Street, Lagos Island

Tinubu Square, Lagos Island, in the 1960’s

Carter Bridge, Lagos

Marina Rd, Lagos Island, Lagos

Marina street, Lagos

Carter Bridge


Massey Bamgboshe Street, Lagos Island, Lagos, late 1960s/early 1970
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