4th MAINLAND BRIDGE & MASTERPLAN
There are great opportunities in the heart of Lagos…
With these opportunities come an intense congestion; causing
pressures that threaten to paralyze the city’s circulation, its growth
and its people.
To reduce this pressure, the 4th Mainland
Bridge was proposed. The operation will be the insertion of a bypass; a bridge within
the body of Lagos. In addition to this bridge, A new
heart to support the bridge was also proposed. This ‘new bridge and new heart’ in the body
of Lagos will not be typical infrastructure; they will connect people
in large numbers and improve their natural flow through a reorganization
of vehicular, waterways, and pedestrian modes of transportation.
The 2 level bridge will not only function as a means for vehicular
traffic on its upper level, it will stimulate and accommodate
pedestrian, social, commercial and cultural interactions on it’s lower
level – ‘Lagos Life’ – with its tropical environment and intimate street
level exchanges. The Fourth Mainland Bridge in conjunction with
existing road networks would establish a primary ring road around Lagos.
This ring road will provide alternative traffic routes from Lekki to
Ikorodu, Ikeja to Ajah, relieving the 3rd Mainland bridge of its
overstretched capacity.
With this improved flow of people across Lagos, the city will be
relieved of traffic congestion, will maximize its great opportunities
and grow better.
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