{"id":34005,"date":"2022-08-09T16:01:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34005"},"modified":"2022-08-08T16:21:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:21:57","slug":"hammersmith-bridge-wrapped-in-foil-during-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34005","title":{"rendered":"Hammersmith Bridge wrapped in foil during heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=4247399\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34006\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hammersmith_Bridge_2008_06_19_Alex_Muller_Wikipedia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>Hammersmith Bridge has been wrapped in giant pieces of foil to stop it from overheating as temperatures soar.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration &#8211; By Alex.muller &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=4247399<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 heatwave in 2020 closed the Grade II*-listed structure when cracks in the cast-iron expanded\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>BBC writes:<\/p>\n<p>Silver insulation foil has been placed over the structure to protect it from the sun and keep the bridge open\u2026<\/p>\n<p>A \u00a3420,000 temperature control system is also switched on at night.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge, currently only accessible to pedestrians and cyclists, was also closed in 2020 due to a heatwave\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Hammersmith Bridge, which was built in 1887, is currently undergoing major repair works at an estimated cost of \u00a3140m.<\/p>\n<p>The heatwave in 2020 closed the Grade II*-listed structure when cracks in the cast-iron expanded. The bridge reopened the following year but only to pedestrians and cyclists\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 Insulation foil and the cooling system are being used to keep the bridge&#8217;s pedestals safe in order for it to remain open\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-london-62162687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hammersmith Bridge has been wrapped in giant pieces of foil to stop it from overheating as temperatures soar. image: for illustration &#8211; By Alex.muller &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=4247399<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34007,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34005\/revisions\/34007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}