{"id":35488,"date":"2023-01-31T16:07:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35488"},"modified":"2023-01-31T17:04:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:04:59","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-border-doorstep-historic-bridge-spanning-england-and-scotland-to-reopen-asap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35488","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (border) doorstep\u2019: Historic bridge spanning England and Scotland to reopen ASAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=93586899\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35489\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Union_Chain_Bridge_between_England_and_Scotland_2019_DeFacto_Commmons_Wikimedia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a>A 202-year-old bridge over the river Tweed, spanning England and Scotland, will reopen \u2018as soon as possible\u2019 after it missed its 2022 opening date, reports the BBC.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=93586899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeFacto<\/a> &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>BBC News writes:<\/p>\n<p>A historic bridge linking Scotland and England over the River Tweed is set to reopen as early as possible in 2023. The \u00a310.5m overhaul of the Union Chain Bridge is a year behind its original schedule\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>the structure\u2026crosses the river from Fishwick in the Scottish Borders to Horncliffe in Northumberland\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The number of replacement parts needed has proved to be more than originally anticipated\u2026<\/p>\n<p>John Riddle, of Northumberland County Council, said they did not want to rush through the final stages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 Next year will be a very special time for everyone connected with this beautiful structure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-south-scotland-64042645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 202-year-old bridge over the river Tweed, spanning England and Scotland, will reopen \u2018as soon as possible\u2019 after it missed its 2022 opening date, reports the BBC. image: for illustration by DeFacto &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35488","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=35488"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35507,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35488\/revisions\/35507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}