Picture Of The Day : Dazzling Aerial View Of 11.8km-long Third Mainland Bridge

Picture of the day : The dazzling and impressive aerial view of the 11.8km-long Lagos Third Mainland Bridge. 

It is the longest of three bridges connecting Lagos Island to the mainland, the other are the Eko and Carter bridges.

Officially named Ibrahim Babangida Bridge, the bridge was opened for services in 1990 Gen Ibrahim Babangida.

The phase one of the 3rd Mainland Bridge project was commissioned by President Shehu Shagari in 1980.

Nigeria and Lagos wants a 38km-long fourth bridge to relieve congestion on the existing bridges in the state. But until the project comes into life, the 11.8km-long Third Mainland Bridge remains the longest bridge in Nigeria.

Officially named Ibrahim Babangida Bridge, the bridge, built by Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, was opened for services in 1990 by the then Nigerian Military leader, Gen Ibrahim Babangida, ten years after the phase one of the project was commissioned by President Shehu Shagari in 1980.

The untolled Bridge is the longest of three bridges connecting Lagos Island to the mainland, the other are the Eko and Carter bridges.

The 11.8 km (7.3 miles) 3rd Mainland Bridge was the longest bridge in Africa until 1996 when the 20.5 km (12.7 miles) 6th October Bridge located in Cairo was completed.

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