{"id":12538,"date":"2013-05-30T22:50:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T17:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=12538"},"modified":"2013-05-30T22:50:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T17:50:54","slug":"sydney-harbour-bridge-to-get-first-paint-job-in-81-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=12538","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Harbour Bridge to get first paint job in 81 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/3\u054d\u056b\u0564\u0576\u0565\u0575\u056b-\u0576\u0561\u057e\u0561\u0570\u0561\u0576\u0563\u057d\u057f\u056b-\u056f\u0561\u0574\u0578\u0582\u0580\u057b\u0568-81-\u057f\u0561\u0580\u056b-\u0570\u0565\u057f\u0578-\u0561\u057c\u0561\u057b\u056b\u0576-\u0561\u0576\u0563\u0561\u0574-\u056f\u0576\u0565\u0580\u056f\u057e\u056b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12542\" alt=\"3\u054d\u056b\u0564\u0576\u0565\u0575\u056b \u0576\u0561\u057e\u0561\u0570\u0561\u0576\u0563\u057d\u057f\u056b \u056f\u0561\u0574\u0578\u0582\u0580\u057b\u0568 81 \u057f\u0561\u0580\u056b \u0570\u0565\u057f\u0578 \u0561\u057c\u0561\u057b\u056b\u0576 \u0561\u0576\u0563\u0561\u0574 \u056f\u0576\u0565\u0580\u056f\u057e\u056b\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/3\u054d\u056b\u0564\u0576\u0565\u0575\u056b-\u0576\u0561\u057e\u0561\u0570\u0561\u0576\u0563\u057d\u057f\u056b-\u056f\u0561\u0574\u0578\u0582\u0580\u057b\u0568-81-\u057f\u0561\u0580\u056b-\u0570\u0565\u057f\u0578-\u0561\u057c\u0561\u057b\u056b\u0576-\u0561\u0576\u0563\u0561\u0574-\u056f\u0576\u0565\u0580\u056f\u057e\u056b.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a>The landmark Sydney Harbour Bridge is to undergo its biggest makeover since 1932, with a new coat of paint that will take two years to complete, the New South Wales state government said Thursday.<br \/>\nThe bridge, which links the northern and central parts of the city and is one of the world&#8217;s most recognisable landmarks, will be sanded back to bare steel and repainted for the first time in its 81-year history.<br \/>\n&#8220;This grande dame of Sydney Harbour is getting a makeover with a high performance fade-resistant paint to help her endure the punishing conditions,&#8221; state Roads Minister Duncan Gay said.<br \/>\nHuge sections of the bridge have suffered from rust and corrosion in recent decades with some 485,000 square metres of steelwork &#8212; the equivalent of 60 football fields &#8212; needing to be painted.<br \/>\n&#8220;The new paint, still in that famous shade that we call &#8216;Harbour Bridge grey&#8217;, is expected to last 30 years and won&#8217;t darken or change over time,&#8221; Gay said.<br \/>\nFifty painters will carry out the work that is expected to cost Aus$20 million (US$19.2 million).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The landmark Sydney Harbour Bridge is to undergo its biggest makeover since 1932, with a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,155,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-other-countries","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}