Vehicular traffic on the Mokwa-Jebba road has eased following the temporary fixing of the Muwo bridge after it collapsed on Saturday night.
The temporary solution on the collapsed bridge occurs less than 24 hours after the works minister, Babatunde Fashol a pledged to ensure a palliative is put in place for motorists plying the route.
The Federal Road Safety Corp had alerted motorists of the heavy traffic on the road after the Mowo bridge collapsed.
The Mokwa-Jebba road, which links Niger and Kwara states, is a major transit route between Abuja and the western part of the country.
The Muwo Bridge is located after Muwo Junction, 18km from Mokwa town in Niger State. The bridge is also located about one km from Tatabu Bridge, which collapsed in 2017 and was promptly fixed by the Nigerian government.
Vehicular traffic had been affected on both sides of the road, and there was no thoroughfare up till Sunday.
Bisi Kareem, the FRSC spokesperson, had advised motorists to, in the interim, ply the Lokoja road as an alternative “if going to Lagos and Abuja.’’
Solacebase gathered that the location of the bridge on Monday afternoon had free flow of vehicular traffic with alternative route created
Solacebase reports that the dilapidated part had been filled with granite and sand, making it easy to ply for motorists.
Umar Umaru, a motorist said the authorities had done “a temporary but quick construction” work on the bridge.
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