The Federal Government has directed the immediate closure of the Ijora-Olopa Bridge in Lagos State following the discovery that some miscreants have tampered with the major reinforcement elements of the deck from underneath which led to the failure of a section of the bridge.

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made the declaration via a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Communications, Hakeem Bello.

Fashola, a former two-term governor of Lagos State, identified the failed section as the Ijora-Olopa inward Ijora-Oloye–Apapa.

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The minister noted the roads leading directly to Ijora-Olopa Bridge such as Costain inward Eko Bridge and Carter Bridge descent inward Ijora Oloye have been closed to traffic on Tuesday night.

He stated that the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, in collaboration with the Lagos State Government and other traffic management authorities, has also issued a traffic advisory to ensure that motorists and other members of the commuting public are able to use alternative routes.

Fashola urged motorists coming from Eko Bridge to take IGANMU/ SIFAX to Ijora Oloye or Apapa, adding that traffic from Iddo to Ijora-Oloye will be diverted at the intersection underpass at Ijora Olopa on contraflow, and reconnected at the U-Turn to Ijora-Oloye or Apapa.

The Star