Anyone that plies most of the important bridges in Lagos would by now be familiar with the sights of parked trailers on them.

Some of these bridges include Ojuelegba, Abati, Stadium, Ijora, Iganmu, Eko, Carter and Jibowu bridges.

The trailers are parked on these bridges due to the overstretched Apapa port and the absence of loading bays for these trucks.

These parked articulated vehicles are also the cause of the chaotic traffic flow on and around these bridges.

Besides the traffic gridlocks that these parked trailers cause, there is also an issue that deserves urgent attention.

These bridges are currently suffering enormous strain from the weight of these heavy-duty vehicles.




Note that some of these bridges were built in the early 1970s. By their design, they were constructed to carry moving loads within seconds. They were not built to retain loads for a prolong period. Sometimes, some of these trucks stay parked on the bridges for days and even weeks.

Daily, hundreds of these parked articulated vehicles of various sizes can be counted on these bridges.

It is also important to note that an empty 20-feet container weighs 2,000kg. A 40-feet container weighs twice that amount.

With an average truck weighing about 14,000kg, the total weight of 25 stationary trucks on the Ojuelegba Bridge could be around 450,000kg. Mind you, this does not include the weight of other vehicles that travel on these bridges.

What this means is that the 4 bridges on Western Avenue -– Ijora, Stadium, Ojuelegba and Abati Barracks – pack a massive 1.53 million kg on an average day.

Does anyone need to inform us that there is a disaster waiting to occur here?















Source:

https://autojosh.com/see-how-parked-trailers-are-causing-damage-lagos-bridges-photos/

This issue is a big menace to Lagos state as a whole and failure to stem the tide is a disaster awaiting to happen. I think the government should collaborate with owners of these trucks by providing alternative parking space.

space booked.

hmm

Anyway...there was a country.

This is as a result of poor planning...

The town planning authorities should have anticipated this and made adequate parking facilities available for large trucks

autojoshnig your website images do not show up on opera on mobile.

This is a disaster waiting to happen.

Ambode will not do anything about this one. If it is to tax innocent Lagosians on Land Use charge and other ridiculous charges, he won't waste time.

Stupid fulani trailer driver, thinks they own every road in lagos state

I though there was a shuffle system of going to the port when it's your turn to load

Nigerian pictures and landscape always look local. Smh

Ambode seems powerless. Even the military that threatens to remove them are powerless

They’ve been designed for the worst case scenario

Pepsi101:
This is a disaster waiting to happen.

no be lie

ibom sea port will help decongest apapa sea port

I'm here to observe what is happening under the bridge.

Nawa oooo

dey won't act until things go bad....

Ijora Olopa, naso dangote trucks full that area. the place kon be like garage. Ambode govt na scam

Kobicove:
This is as a result of poor planning...

The town planning authorities should have anticipated this and made adequate parking facilities available for large trucks

They are waiting for the 1960 white men to construct parks for them.

The Engineers are expected to put that into consideration during the design of the bridge. The bridge may actually be designed to carry 3 times the weight of those trucks.

This is the disadvantages of small land scale of Lagos state.land is just wasting here I'm Benue state.

Hmmm

op that line on that flyover is known as expansion joint and not necessarily a sign of failure, nevertheless it's still not a good idea packing such much tonnes on the flyover for such a long time

stagnant load....some bridges are preparing to fall

stagnant load.
.some bridges are preparing to fall