1. The Third-Mainland Bridge is one of the three bridges linking Lagos Island to the mainland.


2. 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.


3. The Third-Mainland Bridge is the longest of the three bridges.


4. 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.


5. 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.


6. Renowned engineering firm, Julius Berger, constructed the Third-Mainland Bridge.


7. The then Nigerian Head-of-State, General Ibrahim Babangida, commissioned the Bridge on his birthday – 17th August 1990.





8. The Third-Mainland Bridge has a total length of 11.8 km.


9. 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.



10. The Third-Mainland Bridge is the longest Bridge longest in West Africa.


11. The official name of the bridge is “Ibrahim Babangida Bridge”. However, the bridge is rarely called by that name.


12. The Third-Mainland Bridge is an eight-lane bridge.


13. 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.


14. Less than N1Billion naira was spent by the Babangida administration to complete the Third Mainland Bridge after the abandoned project
was restarted.



15. 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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try add a few pictures for sake of those who have no idea what the bridge looks like.

and one more thing; traffic on that bridge can take almost 4 hours from Adeniji to cross the bridge �

Okay

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very nice, I did not know this. Well done

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hucienda:
afta dem go say Military no do anything.

IBB for dis bridge mata, u try. Civil Engineers, hailings!

Julius Berger, #Respect

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16. It has taken a lot of lives

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AutoJoshNIG:


14. Less than N1Billion naira was spent by the Babangida administration to complete the Third Mainland Bridge after the abandoned project
was restarted.


15. In 2013, 1.05billion was spent on repair works on the Third Mainland Bridge and additional works on the bridge’s expansion joints.

Spent N1Billion to complete the bridge, but spent N1.05Billion on maintenance. Time and event affect cost.

No matter how bad some people adjudged military govt in Nigeria to be, it made tangible achievements and left positive footprint in the sand of time in Nigeria. Since return to civilian rule in 1999, Nigeria has been bastardised through untold corruption.

18-NO MAJOR PROJECT CARRIED OUT BY FG IN LAGOS SINCE IT'S CONSTRUCTION!

Educative

Third Mainland bridge is the bridge Ajepako drives on everyday to search for daily bread and akara....

Proudly omo Eko

Highly informative

Nice one Auto Josh

Highly informative

Thanks AutoJoshNIG

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Spent 1 billion to build

Spent 1.05billion for maintenance work




Well 1990 1billion be like 10 billion now