Motorists and commuters were stranded for more than three hours on Sunday evening along the Benin-Lagos Expressway as the dilapidated Ovia River Bridge and other traffic bottlenecks triggered a severe gridlock. The gridlock stretched from Ovia Bridge to Okada Junction in Edo State, turning a journey that ordinarily takes less than 40 minutes into hours of frustration for travellers. Most of the vehicles caught in the traffic were articulated trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles. Some smaller vehicles broke down amid the gridlock, while an accident along the route further compounded the traffic situation. Motorists blamed the congestion on impatience among drivers, parking of vehicles along the roadside, and the poor condition of sections of the road.
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