{"id":53730,"date":"2021-07-02T17:20:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T16:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=53730"},"modified":"2021-07-02T17:20:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T16:20:42","slug":"fed-govt-shuts-eko-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/02\/fed-govt-shuts-eko-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Fed govt shuts Eko Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government on Friday said it would shut the Ijora ramp of Eko Bridge from midnight to be able to fix a major expansion joint undergoing rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, said this during an inspection of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/25\/were-investing-over-1bn-on-2nd-niger-bridge-lagos-ibadan-expressway-says-osinbajo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He said that construction works on the Costain section of the bridge had been completed, while the entire project was 35 per cent complete.<\/p>\n<p>Popoola said that it was time to continue work on a major expansion joint where traffic coming from Apongbon and the one from Ijora merged around the Iponri section on the Eko Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The controller said in order to remove and replace the expansion joint where traffic merged, the Ijora ramp of the bridge must be shut.<\/p>\n<p>He said construction work was progressing fast because of the clemency of weather, projecting that the project would be delivered ahead of the Aug. 3 scheduled date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are doing is still the same ten weeks programme of rehabilitation of Eko Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVehicles that are coming from Ijora end and the ones coming from Apongbon, the two bridges merge at a point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that point where they merge, all the vehicles will now use one lane, so that is the lane where we want to now change the expansion joint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were working on Apongbon, Iponri, Alaka-bound lane. 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