Lekki-Ikoyi-Bridge Lagos (Nigeria)

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Description of the project Scope of products delivered Highlights & Fakten The proposal to construct a new bridge ac- Two TENSA®FLEX rubber compound sli- ross the Osborne Lagoon in Lagos to con- ding finger expansion joints with longitu- mageba products: nect the districts of Ikoyi and Lekki, was dinal movement capacity of 400 mm each Type: 9 TENSA®FLEX Fingerfuge made in 2003 by the state government to will be installed. The very slender design of Typ RC decongest traffic on New Epe Expressway. the bridge decks required a technical so- Features: max. movement 400 mm The Lekki-Ikoyi bridge crosses the Five lution without major interaction with the Year of Cowry Creek. The plans for Nigeria’s first structure itself. The proposed joints are installation: 2010 simply bolted onto the deck structure en- cable-stayed bridge were drawn up by de- Bridge: suring 100 % water tightness. The sliding sign specialists from Julius Berger Nigeria. City: Lagos fingers of the upper part are installed with The structure comprises a 700-meter Country: Nigeria a downward pre-tension and therefore ap- approach bridge and a cable-stayed seg- Year of ply a permanent pressure to the opposing mental bridge of more than 600 meters in construction: 2010 sliding surface of the lower part, allowing length, at the centre of which is a 91 meter Type: Cable-stayed bridge small vertical movements and rotations to high pylon. Length: 700 m be accommodated.

Location of the Ikoyi - Lekki bridge across the Osborne Lagoon in Lagos Approach span under construction A TENSA®FLEX expansion joint

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