{"id":352472,"date":"2025-08-17T20:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/352472\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T20:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:21:17","slug":"bristols-cheese-grater-bridge-set-to-close-for-four-weeks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/352472\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol&#8217;s &#8216;cheese-grater bridge&#8217; set to close for four weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">A cycle and pedestrian harbour crossing in Bristol know as the &#8220;cheese-grater bridge&#8221; is scheduled to close for four weeks to allow for essential maintenance and strengthening works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Meads Reach Bridge, in Temple Quay, will be completely closed to all users from Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The 180ft (55m) long structure closed in 2017 for two years after a lorry driver attempted to cross it, causing &#8220;extensive damage&#8221; to the metal deck panels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The commercial property company that manages the crossing said maintenance works would ensure &#8220;the continued safety and integrity&#8221; of the 17-year-old bridge&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Meads Reach Bridge is a pedestrian and cycle bridge designed to link a <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-bristol-61756580\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 bGFWdi\" rel=\"noopener\">new mixed-use development<\/a> at Temple Quay with the Bristol Temple Meads Station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">During the closure, cyclists and pedestrians are asked to use either Valentines Bridge or Temple Bridge, located on Temple Way, as alternative routes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Avison Young Property Management Consultancy, who manage the bridge, said: &#8220;We appreciate the cooperation and understanding of all visitors and staff during these essential works, which are being carried out to ensure the continued safety and integrity of the structure.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cycle and pedestrian harbour crossing in Bristol know as the &#8220;cheese-grater bridge&#8221; is scheduled to close for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-352472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115045969616279727","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}