LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION
PRESS RELEASE
The Lagos State Government has issued a traffic advisory ahead of the emergency repairs on the damaged section of the wall of the Maryland Independence Bridge. The repairs will run from Saturday, 16th August, 2025 to Tuesday, 19th August, 2025, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. daily, (Night time).
Consequently, motorists are hereby enjoined to use this alternative route during the 3-day night repair works:
Motorists inbound Oshodi/Ojuelegba/Stadium/Lagos will be diverted at Maria Lodge in Maryland into the Maryland Bridge to connect Idiroko inwards Anthony to continue their journeys. This is because the main carriageway will not be opened to vehicular movement.
During the course of the repairs, motorists inbound Ketu/Ikorodu from Lagos/Stadium/Anthony will have unhindered vehicular movement.
The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, assures that traffic management personnel will be deployed to the affected area to minimise inconvenience and manage vehicular movement during the repairs. He urged motorists to comply with the directives of the officers on ground to ensure smooth traffic flow.
ADVISORY: Motorists are implored to be patient, as the partial road closure is part of the traffic management plan for the rehabilitation and replacement works on the expansion joints of Maryland Independence Bridge.
Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi,
Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation,
14th August, 2025