Dangerous structural defects on Mallam interchange

Photographs taken at the Mallam Interchange in Accra last week reveal alarming structural deterioration at one of the capital's busiest and most critical road infrastructure assets — raising urgent questions about public safety and the state of bridge maintenance in Ghana.

The images, captured at the beam-column junction beneath the flyover, show severe concrete spalling, large sections of the concrete deck broken away, and steel reinforcement bars visibly exposed and unsupported.

A beam-column junction — the point where the spanning deck transfers its load to the vertical support column — is one of the most structurally critical and highly stressed points in any bridge or flyover structure.