Benin–Ore–Sagamu Expressway
| Benin–Ore–Sagamu Expressway | |
|---|---|
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 Area View, Benin-Sagamu Expressway | |
| Route information | |
| History | Completed in 1963 |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Benin City |
| Ore, Sagamu | |
| West end | Lagos |
| Location | |
| Country | Nigeria |
| States | Edo, Ondo, Ogun, Lagos |
| Major cities | Benin City, Lagos |
| Highway system | |
Benin–Ore–Sagamu Expressway is a 492 kilometres (306 mi) stretch dual-lane connecting Benin City to Ore town in Ondo State and Sagamu in Ogun State. It's a major route from the Southern part of the country to the Southwestern, and Northern parts of Nigeria through the Benin–Auchi axis.
Construction
[edit]The Benin to Lagos highway was the first conceived and constructed Federal Trunk A road between 1962 and 1963 in Nigeria.[1] It was later awarded to Dumez Construction Company at the cost of 229.5 million naira for reconstruction and dualization and was commissioned in 1981.[2][1]
Technical Analysis
[edit]2 x dual lanes expressway – 2 x 262
20,000,000 m3 of earthworks,
4,000,000 m2 of crushed rock and soil cement
base, hot rolled asphalt pavement,
10,000 m2 of bridge decking (dual 24′ wide
carriageway) concrete median barrier.
Sagamu-Benin Expressway is part of the Lagos-Mombasa, as well as Algiers-Lagos sections of the Trans-Africa Highway, and Nigeria's East–West Road, making it one of the most important road networks in Nigeria.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Olubomehin, Oladipupo (2016-02-12). "The development of national trunk roads in Nigeria, 1960 – 2013". Lagos Historical Review. 15: 1. doi:10.4314/lhr.v15i1.1. eISSN 1596-5031.
- ^ a b "A Recent History Of Your Sagamu-Benin Road By Sonala Olumhense". Sahara Reporters. 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2022-01-10.