The Lagos–Ibadan Expressway is a
expressway connecting
Ibadan
Ibadan (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the List of Nigerian cities by population, third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano (city), Kano, with a total populatio ...
, the capital of
Oyo State
Oyo is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the List of Nigerian cities by population, third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo ...
and
Lagos
Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...
, Nigeria's largest city. It is also the major route to the northern, southern and eastern parts of Nigeria. The expressway is the oldest in Nigeria, commissioned in August 1978 during the Military era, under the administration of
Lieutenant-General Olusegun Obasanjo.
The expressway is one of the busiest inter-state routes in Nigeria and handles more than 250,000 PCUs daily and constitutes one of the largest road networks in Africa. It is part of the
Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) projects, concerned with road improvement and connectivity between the
States of Nigeria
Nigeria is a federation of 36 states, each of which is a semi-autonomous political unit that shares power with the federal government as enumerated under the Constitution of Nigeria, Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In additi ...
.
Reconstruction
The reconstruction of the expressway was flagged off in July 2013 by President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military head of state General Muhammadu Buhari and w ...
then president of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
, to help reduce the travel time of hundreds of thousands of commuters and international air passengers. The contract was awarded to
Julius Berger Nigeria and Reynolds Construction Company Limited at a sum of 167 billion Naira, equivalent to $838,986,290.
Two sections of the expressway will be reconstructed and this includes Section I (Lagos to Sagamu Interchange) and section II (Sagamu Interchange to Ibadan).
Gallery
File:TELL building Berger.jpg, TELL building Berger
File:New garrage Berger.jpg, New garrage Berger
File:Gani Fawehinmi Park 46.jpg, Gani Fawehinmi Park at the interchange with Ikorodu Road
File:Bill board, New garage.jpg, Bill board, New garage
File:Rehabilitation of road.jpg, Rehabilitation of road
See also
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Otedola bridge fire accident
References
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Transport in Lagos
Expressways in Nigeria