Many may not have heard of the Loko-Oweto Bridge. The Loko-Oweto Bridge is a bridge that will connect the Benue and Nasarawa States. It is an 18km bridge that has been going on close to 3yrs but we are yet to see the conclusion. Now, the team handling this project are ending the logical end, but the PM has its ups and downs moment.

According to Alon Peysin, the project manager at RCC Nigeria, he wrote

In September 2016 I was in position of Bridge/Project Engineer in Loko-Oweto Bridge project team. The project is 2 parallel bridge constructed by the balanced cantilever method. The length of the Bridges is 1835 m included 24 axes. To overcome large thermal expansion of the bridge 4 expansion joints were designed. Two expansion joints are in the middle of the spans.

The expansion joint between axes is designed to transfer bending moment and shear forces between 2 parts of bridges and allow free axial expansion.

As Bridge Engineer, I received the task to plan and execute the installation of the middle span girders of expansion joint. After a case study, I could only find that the same solution was implemented in the world in Otay River Bridge in the US.

We planned all the details.
We checked the position of the crane on top of the barge.
We created the light model of the beam to test the installation, it helped us to learn a lot of new details we didn't think before.

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The installation of 2 beams took a couple of days and it was very successful.

I am so proud that I was part of a team of such great project.

The Loko-Oweto Bridge is an 18km bridge project which is in two phases will connect Benue with Nasarawa State. The Director pointed out that the 103 km Otukpo-Apa-Oweto road was ready for inauguration and the whole bridge will be ready and handed over to the Federal Government for inauguration in May.

The bridge upon completion, will provide a vital link between the North, South, East and West part of the country as well as enhance the socio-political and economic activities in the country.

This bridge will open up the North-Central and it will in turn spring up development, because it will spur transportation and businesses in the two states. In the recent past, older generations trekked a whole day to reach Nasarawa State or waited for hours by the river bank for local canoes to ferry them across the river.

See pictures from the bridge construction as obtained by AutoReportNG

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Source:
https://www.autoreportng.com/2019/09/an-overview-of-loko-oweto-bridge-bridge.html

What do you think?

See more of the works, the bridge and more below...

https://www.autoreportng.com/2019/09/an-overview-of-loko-oweto-bridge-bridge.html

Am not thinking anything.

Let them just complete the bridge and that ends it.

They are not doing it with their money.

Dem go use this one do political campaign for 2023, 2027 and 2031 and later complete the project by 2088.

Wow

So when are they going to complete it now?

helinues:
Wow

So when are they going to complete it now?

Wow for what exactly?

MelesZenawi:



Wow for what exactly?

Go and argue with your set at the newspapers stands..

Loco-London, Town when no get light, water or even girls�. NYSC ehhhhhhhh

Oh mehn naija big oo

First nicer bridge was built in 2 years ...

Over 50 years later with more technology,its taking us over 5 years to reach 40% ...when a government is serious u know

Egypt had crisis after that added 25000MW and ready to transmit ...buhari came in our average transmitting level was over 5000MW today we would be lucky to have 3000mw

And some people still support his government

Nice one

Good development

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mrvitalis:
First nicer bridge was built in 2 years ...

Over 50 years later with more technology,its taking us over 5 years to reach 40% ...when a government is serious u know

Egypt had crisis after that added 25000MW and ready to transmit ...buhari came in our average transmitting level was over 5000MW today we would be lucky to have 3000mw

And some people still support his government

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Always saddened by good news
8 years of senseless wailing can never be expected to produce wisdom. You and your cohorts claimed Jonathan was growing the economy yet he could even add ordinary 1000mw to what he met, 16 years of PDP and their idiotic governance that squandered Billions of dollars, produced darkness yet in your illiterate PDP refugee status you expect magic to happen? What a nasty jokers you are.

mrvitalis:
First nicer bridge was built in 2 years ...

Over 50 years later with more technology,its taking us over 5 years to reach 40% ...when a government is serious u know

Egypt had crisis after that added 25000MW and ready to transmit ...buhari came in our average transmitting level was over 5000MW today we would be lucky to have 3000mw

And some people still support his government

Is your account hacked

Denikayan:
God bless His Excellence, President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR)


How I wish a 3rd term can be possible.

And this ones are not shouting o

@OP is the bridge 18km or 1.8km , you guys always make silly mistakes or are you paid by politicians.
Meanwhile the Otukpo-Apa-Oweto road has been under construction since when David Mark was senate president.
It's good to know that the present administration is continuing the project.
The project is too slow.

Denikayan:
God bless His Excellence, President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR)


[b]How I wish a 3rd term can be possible. [/b]

UR BRAIN IS LEAKING

Denikayan:
God bless His Excellence, President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR)


How I wish a 3rd term can be possible.

3rd Term kill you there

Scared of the water

Moving faster than 2nd River Niger Bridge

Nice one, it will surely bring about economic dividends for both states.

This has taken so long to complete..
I don't know why projects takes forever in Nigeria .

Denikayan:
God bless His Excellence, President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR)


How I wish a 3rd term can be possible.

We are in Naija, so 3rd term is possible, infact life President is possible.

Sw

vedaxcool:
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Always saddened by good news
8 years of senseless wailing can never be expected to produce wisdom. You and your cohorts claimed Jonathan was growing the economy yet he could even add ordinary 1000mw to what he met, 16 years of PDP and their idiotic governance that squandered Billions of dollars, produced darkness yet in your illiterate PDP refugee status you expect magic to happen? What a nasty jokers you are.

you are mumu...why is that you think everybody that criticize buhari is his enemy or PDP

the guy has said the truth but you refuse to see sensible aspect of it rather play politics with everything...I'm not surprised bcoz that's what they want you to believe

Nice

mrvitalis:
First nicer bridge was built in 2 years ...

Over 50 years later with more technology,its taking us over 5 years to reach 40% ...when a government is serious u know

Egypt had crisis after that added 25000MW and ready to transmit ...buhari came in our average transmitting level was over 5000MW today we would be lucky to have 3000mw

And some people still support his government

Nigeria was transmitting average of 5000MW before year 2015 Wow! This is a beautiful lie

We'll surely close d gap