A screenshot from the video recorded by Oba Babatunde Ogunlaja, the Aladeshonyin of Odo-Noforija, showing the new look of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.
Eko Hot Blog reports that Oba Babatunde Ogunlaja, the Aladeshonyin of Odo-Noforija, Epe, Lagos State, has commended the new look of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.
The monarch expressed his satisfaction with the modern look of the well-lit and smooth road in a video commentary.
(Click here to watch the monarch’s video commentary)
Alluding to the beauty of the newly rehabilitated bridge, Oba Ogunlaja said the road being captured was in Lagos, not Rosenberg (a city in the U.S. state of Texas) or South Africa.
“This is our Lagos,” the Aladeshonyin of Odo-Noforija said.
“As you can see, this is a Lagos bus,” he commented as his vehicle sped past a bus painted in yellow and black (a signature colour mix of Lagos commercial vehicles).
“Therefore, you cannot say we are recording this video in South Africa,” Oba Ogunlaja said, reiterating that he was on the Third Mainland Bridge.
HRM Oba Babatunde Ogunlaja, the Aladeshonyin and Paramount Ruler of Odo Noforija Kingdom, Epe Division Lagos State
In April 2024, the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Keisha, announced that the Third Mainland Bridge was fully opening to traffic after months of closure due to a rehabilitation exercise.
Speaking on the repairs recently, the Minister of Works, David Umahi, said: “The new look of the Third Mainland Bridge is how Nigerian roads under the Renewed Hope administration of Mr. President will look going forward. He means well for Nigeria.”
An aerial view of the newly rehabilitated Third Mainland Bridge
The Third Mainland Bridge rehabilitation witnessed the total resurfacing of both lanes of the bridge.
The streetlights were also replaced across the stretch of the bridge.
Also, the medians, barriers and railings on the bridge were painted, just as the railings that were stolen or damaged were replaced.
The Third Mainland Bridge is one of the critical bridges linking mainland of Lagos to the Island.
Of the three bridges linking Lagos Island to mainland, it is the most plied aside being the longest in Nigeria.
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