The Lagos State government has announced a partial closure of Marine Bridge in Lagos State for routine maintenance works by the federal government.
The closure will be from Monday, January 17 to Saturday, April 2, 2022.
The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, who said the temporary closure of the bridge will be in two phases, Apapa Outbound, which will be repaired between January 17 and March 19, 2022, and the Apapa Inbound section of the bridge will be done between March 10 and April 2, 2022.
Traffic outbound Apapa will be diverted to give way for contraflow of traffic between RRS point and Total Bridge while motorists using lighter vehicles will be diverted to Marine Beach by Mobil Filling Station to connect Ijora Bridge or make use of the Service Lane by Leventis to connect Naval Dockyard to link Total Under Bridge and continue their journeys.
The Commissioner said for the inbound Apapa motorists during the second phase of the rehabilitation works, traffic will be diverted to allow contraflow of traffic between Total Bridge and RRS Point.
