{"id":40029,"date":"2024-05-28T16:01:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T15:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40029"},"modified":"2024-05-27T16:58:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T15:58:55","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-historic-obelisk-bridge-near-drogheda-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=40029","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the global doorstep\u2019: Historic Obelisk Bridge near Drogheda to reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c8\/Drogheda_-_Obelisk_Bridge_over_the_R_Boyne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4637129.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-40030\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Drogheda_-_Obelisk_Bridge_over_the_R_Boyne_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_4637129_Colin_Park_Commons_Wiki.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>An historic bridge in Ireland has been re-opened after repair works, reports RTE.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c8\/Drogheda_-_Obelisk_Bridge_over_the_R_Boyne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4637129.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drogheda &#8211; Obelisk Bridge over the R Boyne<\/a> by Colin Park, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0,<\/a>\u00a0via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>RTE writes:<\/p>\n<p>The historic Obelisk Bridge outside Drogheda will reopen to traffic\u2026 after nine months of refurbishment works.<\/p>\n<p>The 154-year old bridge closed last August\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 Locals\u2026 complained of the diversion adding to the already heavily congested town\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 Extensive works were carried out, including the installation of replacement cross beams&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/leinster\/2024\/0520\/1450067-bridge-drogheda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An historic bridge in Ireland has been re-opened after repair works, reports RTE. image for illustration:\u00a0Drogheda &#8211; Obelisk Bridge over the R Boyne by Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0,\u00a0via Wikimedia Commons<\/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-40029","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\/40029","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=40029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40031,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40029\/revisions\/40031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}