Gadar Carter Bridge da aka gina a shekarar 1901 daya ce daga cikin gadoji guda uku da suka hada Lagos Island izuwa cikin garin Lagos,sauran gadijin kuma sun hada da Third Mainland da gadar Eko Brigde. A lokacin da aka gina ta, wannan ita ce hanya daya tilo da ta hada babbar kasa da tsibirin Legas.[1] Gadar dai ta taso ne daga garin Iddo dake kan kasa sannan ta kare a unguwar Idumota da ke tsibirin Legas.[2]

Gadar Carter Bridge
gadar hanya da tourist attraction (en) Fassara
Bayanai
Ƙasa Najeriya
Giciye Lagos Lagoon
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 6°28′02″N 3°23′05″E / 6.467277°N 3.384776°E / 6.467277; 3.384776
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Jihohin Najeriyajahar Lagos
Gadar
Cambridge, the Carter Bridge
certer Dridge

An sanya wa gadar sunan Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter, tsohon Gwamnan Jihar Legas na mulkin mallaka.[3]

Ita dai gadar Carter tun asali gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta Burtaniya ce ta gina ta, kafin Najeriya ta samu ‘yancin kai a shekarar 1960. Bayan samun 'yancin kai, an ruguza gadar, an sake fasalinta kuma an sake gina ta a ƙarshen 1970s.[4] An kammala gadar sama ta Alaka-Ijora, a kan iyakar Iddo a cikin shekarar 1973.[4]

Ajiye motocin da aka yi a kan gadar ya haifar da cunkoson ababan hawa biyu baya ga tabarbarewar ta cikin sauri.[5] A shekara ta 2003, Cibiyar Injiniyoyi ta Najeriya ta lura cewa ajiye motocin da ke kan iyakar na iya haifar da rugujewa idan ba a magance su ba. Don magance wannan batu, gwamnatin jihar Legas ta sanya tarar ₦ 50,000 ga mutanen da ke ajiye motocinsu tsawon lokaci.[6] Bugu da kari, a cikin watan Afrilun 2006, Kwamishinan Sufuri na Jihar Legas ta sanar da cewa, za a haramtawa duk wasu motocin kasuwanci shiga Legas Island ta hanyar gadar Carter don hana ajiye motocin haya da sauran ababen hawa a kan gadar.[7]

Baya ga cunkoso a kan gadar, ana ganin Carter ba shi da lafiya da daddare saboda rashin fitulun titi. A watan Yulin 2013, Gwamna Fashola na Jihar Legas ya kaddamar da sanya fitulun titi a kan gadar Carter da wani aikin samar da wutar lantarki mai zaman kansa ke yi. Hukumar Kula da Wutar Lantarki ta Jiha (www.lseb.gov.ng) ce ta tsara aikin, tsarawa da kuma kammala aikin ta hanyar amfani da kayan aikin gida da masu fasaha.

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  2. "Adeniran, Rex Ade (April 23, 2003). "Lagos Bridges: Another Disaster Waiting to Happen". This Day (Nigeria).
  3. The British were once here". The Guardian. January 15, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Structural engineer says Carter bridge may collapse". The Daily Trust. March 21, 2003. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
  5. AAGM: Waiting for Tragedy?". This Day (Nigeria). October 30, 2006.
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  7. "Agbo, Malachy (April 29, 2006). "AAGM: Lagos Bars Molues From Idumota". This Day (Nigeria).