The Third Mainland Bridge is the longest of three bridges connecting Lagos Island

Lagos Island

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, Lagos

Lagos

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, Nigeria

Nigeria

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 to the mainland, the other two being the Eko

Eko Bridge

Eko Bridge is the shortest of three bridges connecting Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria to the mainland, the other two being the Third Mainland and Carter bridges....

 and Carter

Carter Bridge

The Carter Bridge built in 1901 is one of three bridges connecting Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria to the mainland, the other two being the Third Mainland and Eko bridges. At the time of its construction, this was the only bridge connection between the mainland and Lagos Island...

 bridges. It is the longest bridge in Africa

Africa

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The bridge starts from Oworonshoki which is linked to the Apapa

Apapa

Apapa is the major port of the city of Lagos, Nigeria, and is located to the west of Lagos Island, across Lagos Harbour. It is also one of Nigeria's 774 Local Government Areas.- Overview :...

-Oshodi express way and Lagos-Ibadan

Ibadan

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 express way, and ends at the Adeniji Adele Interchange on Lagos Island. There is also a link midway through the bridge that leads to the Herbert Macaulay Way, Yaba

Yaba

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. The bridge was built by Julius Berger Nigeria PLC

Julius Berger Nigeria PLC

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 and opened by President Ibrahim Babangida

Ibrahim Babangida

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in 1990; it measures about 11.8km in length.

However, there are recent reports that the Third Mainland Bridge is now vibrating, indicating that it needs urgent attention.

Remedial work has commenced on the failed portions of the bridge.

Recently, there have been rumours of cracks on the bridge. This however has been denied by authorities.