{"id":48023,"date":"2026-09-15T13:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48023"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:30:30","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-albert-bridge-gets-fresh-paint-job-during-repair-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48023","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Albert Bridge gets fresh paint job during repair closure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Albert_Bridge,_London,_UK.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/57\/Albert_Bridge%2C_London%2C_UK.jpg\/250px-Albert_Bridge%2C_London%2C_UK.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=imageinfo&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"File:Albert Bridge, London, UK.jpg\" style=\"width:670px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Albert_Bridge,_London,_UK.jpg\">Albert Bridge, Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Council bosses are making the most of the ongoing closure of Albert Bridge to give the iconic structure a fresh coat of paint ahead of its planned 2027 reopening, reports the <em>Hounslow Herald.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>Hounslow Herald<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Albert Bridge was closed to motor vehicles on 7th February 2026 after a routine inspection identified a crack in a cast-iron component at one of its abutments. Engineers are carrying out a complex repair&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rather than only repair\u2026 the council is taking the opportunity\u2026 to carry out additional works at the same time\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The council has committed up to \u00a38.5 million to the full Albert Bridge repair\u2026 also submitted a bid to the Department\u2026 to help fund part of the work&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hounslowherald.com\/albert-bridge-gets-fresh-paint-job-during-repair-closure-p33826-249.htm\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image: Albert Bridge, Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Council bosses are making the most of the ongoing closure of Albert Bridge to give the iconic structure a fresh coat of paint ahead of its planned 2027 reopening, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48023\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,993,278],"class_list":["post-48023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-bridge","tag-cast-iron-2","tag-repair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48023","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48024,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48023\/revisions\/48024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}