Longest Multi Purpose Coastal Road Link Bridge Construction Fires UP Fast

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:01]This is the longest and the multi-purpose link overhead bridge currently being built at the Lagos to Calabar coastal highway. This video will describe the location of this bridge, the purpose of this bridge, and the areas which this bridge will be linking to make commuting easier and very, very much smooth. Now, this bridge is one of the best, and when I say one of the best, it is because obviously no other bridge on the coastal highway is better than this one at the moment. Maybe as the construction proceed, we'll see better bridges, but for now, let's give it up.

[00:00:39]What I'm working on now is on a bridge construction.

[00:00:44]In few years time, this particular place I'm working will be passing through.

[00:00:50]This stage it can be driving.

[00:00:52]As you can see, this is a new diversion bridge currently going on.

[00:00:56]And the construction is in half. It's moving as supposed to.

[00:01:01]And also, there are a lot of engineers and contractors, constructors all around.

[00:01:08]This is a sign of positive energy, of course.

[00:01:13]When you go to the Badagry to Sokoto highway, you see a lot [music] of projects, a lot of highways, a lot of overhead bridges that looks like they have been there for years.

[00:01:23]And that is the difference between these two projects.

[00:01:26]This is the new bridge, as you can see, the bridge is going up already. It's very very gradually and very very different than I came here last time.

[00:01:36]The overhead bridge and multi-lane interchange around the Jacundy corridor is part of section one of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. The first 47.47 km stretch running from Ahmadu Bello Way in Victoria Island to Eleko in Lekki. The project is being handled by Hitech Construction Company under the Federal Ministry of Work, led by David Umahi.

[00:01:59]The Jakande section is not just an ordinary bridge. It is being developed as a major interchange flyover system designed to separate local Lekki traffic from fast-moving coastal highway traffic. The idea is to reduce the heavy congestion that usually happen around Jakande, Ikota, and Lekki-Epe Expressway junction. From this update and engineering discussion on the project corridor, the interchange is expected to connect inner Lekki-Jakande access road to the coastal highway, provide elevated crossing over busy junction, and many more we'll discover on the video.

[00:02:39]Right here, we are at the coastal And there's something I want to show you.

[00:02:46]The coastal road is moving There is no single day you come here and you will not see Either construction so wide, new bridge, drainage system. Every day there's always something new.

[00:03:01]And that is something I really love about this.

[00:03:04]Okay. In case you don't know, this bridge will also allow uninterrupted movement toward Aja, Sangotedo, and Eleko. It will also improve estate access and commercial connectivity in the Lekki axis, which means though there has not been any official published estate map naming every estate connection, but based on the corridor alignment and current construction path, the Jakande interchange is expected to improve access to several major Lekki estates and communities around. Some of them are the Jakande-Lekki, Ikota, VGC axis, Orchid Road corridor, Lekki Conservation Area, Aja-Sangotedo direction, and also nearby residential and commercial development along the coastal corridor. Now, there are many more things we'll discover, but just give me a minute. Let's walk around the construction site and let me show you the progress of this bridge.

[00:04:28]The structure being built is a multi-lane flyover interchange. It is not a small pedestrian bridge. It sites different corridors and also link major road. Now, piling works, reinforced concrete piles, elevated ramps, multiple carriageway connection, and underpass and interchange section. Though, this is how the bridge will look upon completion, but we are yet to see the final results. Section one of the highway is reportedly to be over 70% completed. Several bridge structures and interchange are already visible. Part of the road corridor have already been temporarily opened to traffic. The Jakande interchange is in active structural development. Paving and concrete work are advancing toward Ajah and Sangotedo. Though, the government has reportedly said that the first Lagos section should largely be operational between late 2025 and early 2026, but we're already in the mid-2026. What's going on?

[00:05:36]The Jakande bridge itself is just road infrastructure. The coastal highway is a road project for petrol cars, diesel truck, buses, EVs, which is electric vehicles, and general highway traffic.

[00:05:50]It is not a railway line. However, there is also a separate proposed Lagos-Calabar railway project planned along the coastal corridor, but that is independent from the highway. The also accommodate lot of the biggest truck hold point in Lekki. Once completed, the interchange will change lot of things and make commuting easier.

[00:08:23]>> Mhm.