{"id":41223,"date":"2024-11-22T12:09:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T12:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=41223"},"modified":"2024-11-22T12:09:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T12:09:24","slug":"clifton-suspension-bridge-to-close-this-weekend-for-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2024\/11\/22\/clifton-suspension-bridge-to-close-this-weekend-for-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Clifton Suspension Bridge to close this weekend for maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CSB-edit-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CSB-edit-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CSB-edit-2-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CSB-edit-2-640x366.jpg 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CSB-edit-2-681x389.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Picture: Sagesolar\/Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clifton Suspension Bridge will be closed this weekend between 7pm on Friday to 7am on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bridge Master, Trish Johnson, has explained that the bridge will still be open to pedestrians, but that traffic and \u201ccycling will be prohibited\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCyclists may dismount and walk across the bridge, but as only one narrow footway will be open, cyclists are requested to avoid using the bridge if possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The closure will be due to planned maintenance, as necessary scaffolding works and the installation of a new electrical panel which will involve temporary loss of power to the bridge will be carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The works will also involve cleaning and painting the bridge\u2019s chains from the roadway, as well as to conduct necessary inspections and general maintenance on the famous Bristol landmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs part of this project to conserve the bridge for many years to come, we need to schedule occasional road closures to carry out works safely,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hope is that by \u201ckeeping the road open during weekdays we will minimise the disruption caused\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The iconic bridge celebrated the 160 anniversary of its opening earlier this month and continues to be a world-renowned historic monument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clifton Suspension Bridge will be closed this weekend between 7pm on Friday to 7am on Monday. Bridge Master, Trish Johnson, has explained that the bridge will still be open to pedestrians, but that traffic and \u201ccycling will be prohibited\u201d. \u201cCyclists may dismount and walk across the bridge, but as only one narrow footway will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":41239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/302"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41252,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41223\/revisions\/41252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}