Residents of Lagos, the most populous city in Nigeria - and Africa - have been dealing with even more traffic problems than usual because of the partial closure of the crucial Third Mainland Bridge.

From 25 July last year, only one side of the bridge has been open to vehicles while essential maintenance work was carried out.

Lagos is a congested city, notorious for its traffic jams. It sprawls over several islands and extends across to the mainland, where it tends to be cheaper to live.

The Third Mainland Bridge was constructed in the 1980s and spans more than 11km (6.8 miles).

It is the longest and busiest of the three bridges connecting the mainland to the islands, which form the commercial heart of the city and where some of the wealthier neighbourhoods are located.

During the repair work, traffic has been allowed to flow, using one side of the bridge, from the mainland to the islands from midnight until noon.

In the following 12 hours vehicles can travel in the opposite direction, back to the mainland. This pattern reflects the journeys of many lower-paid workers, who tend to head to the islands for their jobs.

Commuters have been complaining that the disruption has made their journeys take considerably longer.

"We leave home very early and still get late to work which is not good," Bolaji, a trader who lives on the mainland, told the BBC while waiting for a bus.

Like many, she uses public transport to get to work, but Bolaji says there have been fewer buses running and those that do are more expensive.

"Before the closure we waited not more than 30 minutes for a bus, but we've been waiting here for more than an hour now which is not good…. [and] they keep increasing the price of the buses."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55333365

I can't stay in that kinda city... Too congested, choked, people hustling people with a very wide noticable margin between the rich in the island and the poor in the mainland