The Benin-Ore expressway is one of Nigeria’s most traveled roads. Daily, hundreds of thousands of Nigerians ply this economically crucial highway.


This highway primarily connects states of the South-West to states in the South-South, South-East and the Middle belt.


For decades, this stretch of road that is part of the Lagos-Benin Expressway was notorious for its atrocious condition and the neglect by successive Governments.


In 2007, on account of the disgraceful condition of this Federal road, a one-time Minister of Transportation famously wept during a visit to a failed section of the road. The Minister also apologized to Nigerians for what she then described as the “inhuman and unacceptable” state of the road.


Thankfully, intervention eventually surfaced.


In 2014, the reconstruction of the Benin-Ore section of the Lagos-Benin Expressway was completed.


See the before and after photos of the Benin-Ore Expressway below.


https://autojosh.com/throwback-thursday-benin-ore-road/

More pictures

Is it supposed to be like that before?

The big hole on the road in the first picture, though.


That is not a pothole. That is a crater.


How are we sure that is not where one of the bombs during the Nigerian civil war landed?


Nigeria.

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whoever is running that contract is diligent, no time wasting at all.

I'm impressed.

So we should fry beans?

Travelling through that road was hell, thank God for the reconstruction, though not finished

Its only Ore to Benin that is good jor

Guess APC will not lay claim to it as one of its achievement?

All thanks to GEJ

If the essence of this post is to make us commend the government then we are sorry to disappoint you. Someone up there says that's how it is supposed to be before and I agree with him in toto.

God bless Goodluck Ebele Jonathan

Lams80:
Forget about the fresh pictures... The road is bad still

Nope it's not! The road is a whole lot better now, very smooth drive. If you ply that road constantly and in the past, you'll be really thankful for it.
Got to a point driver got to take bush paths through villages linking the old Lagos road, just to by pass the road. Lots of armed robbery then.
I remember i spent 12hrs from Lagos to Benin in 2008 because of bad road.

Ok

Goodluck

Rayhandrinni:
whoever is running that contract is diligent, no time wasting at all.

I'm impressed.

Construction has been ongoing since 2005-6

Auto Joshua or whatever you call yourself, Good luck Jonathan did Benin to ore road since.

Our major problem is sagamu to ijebu ode

And the election campaign begins...

free2ryhme:


Construction has been ongoing since 2005-6

when was the last time you saw any construction vehicle on that road or any work progress at all? 05/06 people don chop that money.....na somebody else de run am now

any govt that dances atilogwu because of that useless reconstruction is a bàstard govt!

Go Dubai, u go count 12 lanes for their express inter and intra city. Fully marked, consistent with global best practices. No one single pothole because the emirati family responsible for the road stands to face serious problem if the road they maintain has complain.

Nigeria, No accountability. Just pour coal tar for road, people go clap for u. please gerraout with dis Smello road!

Lams80:
Forget about the fresh pictures... The road is bad still

Argue from point of knowledge. Don't just comment because you data on your mobile.

nice, but many lives have been wasted on that road, popular people like MC loph died due to that bad road. Thank god they fixed it

Lams80:
Forget about the fresh pictures... The road is bad still

when last did u tr@vel?

Rayhandrinni:
when was the last time you saw any construction vehicle on that road or any work progress at all? 05/06 people don chop that money.....na somebody else de run am now

I schooled in Uniben

I travel that road like going to the next street

Very impressive, National projects and development should not be politicised. it's matter of continuity regardless of political party involved.
Buhari keep the train moving, you're a rare gem.

What the point of this ehen 75 percent of that road is very bad and filled with kidnappers

midehi2:
Its only Ore to Benin that is good jor

did u see abuja-porthacort road on the headlines?....u clearly didn't read the headline well before commenting......