The Alaba Interchange Bridge which is one of three interchange bridges currently under construction in the corridor has been completed by the lagos state government.
The Alaba interchange bridge which is a main link road to the Festac Town axis of Amuwo-odofin LGA is meant to carry traffic from the toll lanes on both sides of the Lagos-Badagry highway and connect them with the service lanes and other inland roads.
The interchange bridge which is a one-kilometer wold take traffic from the Lagos-Badagry Highway along Akinwande Road via the Apapa-Oworonshoki Highway to the “Second Rainbow” bus stop section of the Apapa Highway -Oworonshoki.
The reconstruction of the Lagos-Badagry Highway, Lot 2A, from Mazamaza to Okokomaiko with a distance of 14.8 km is an ongoing project awarded by the Government to Messrs. CCECC Nigeria Ltd.
On Wednesday, the Lagos state government began the final 24-hour construction works on the Alaba interchange bridge linking the Lagos-Badagry highway with the Apapa–Oshodi highway.
According to NAN,400 meters have already completed part of the bridge on the Lagos-Badagry Highway which is being widened.
Rotimi Thomas, Permanent Secretary of the Office of Infrastructure, Lagos State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, who led the team, told reporters that the work on the Alaba Link Bridge included the casting of three-span girder girders. .
He said it would take 24 hours to complete the continuous casting.
“We are carrying out huge concrete works at the Alaba interchange. Previously, the deck has been finished. There is a box girder that needs to be fixed at Akinwande on the highway.
Thomas said Section One of the Lagos-Badagry Highway project is being managed by the Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC).
He said the Alaba Interchange portion of the project is included in Section Two, adding that construction would bring the project to the “Second Rainbow” bus stop area on the Apapa-Oshodi highway.
“It is going to fly over the Apapa-Oshodi highway; for this segment we are 50 percent in it, ” he said.