{"id":13820,"date":"2025-10-30T13:08:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=13820"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:13:37","slug":"historic-england-the-refurbishment-of-union-chain-bridge-part-1-webinar","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/?tribe_events=historic-england-the-refurbishment-of-union-chain-bridge-part-1-webinar","title":{"rendered":"Historic England: The refurbishment of Union Chain Bridge: Part 1 webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> Historic England: The refurbishment of Union Chain Bridge: Part 1 webinar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On &#8211; Line<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 9 December 2025 &#8211; 1 pm\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Union Chain Bridge, opened in 1820, is the world\u2019s oldest vehicular suspension bridge. By the 2010s, extensive deterioration necessitated major renewal of the full structure to provide a 120-year design life.<\/p>\n<p>Completed in 2023, Northumberland County Council led a comprehensive scheme involving full dismantling, detailed inspection, and targeted replacement or refurbishment of chain components, utilising innovative access methods to avoid in-river works.<\/p>\n<p>Works included new anchorages, replacement high-yield steel hangers, a redesigned timber deck, parapet refurbishment, masonry restoration, and removal of the 1903 wire rope system. The scheme provides valuable lessons on methodology, consultant involvement, and long-term maintenance planning.<\/p>\n<p>In the first of our two webinars on this topic, we will explore the historical and technical challenges of the bridge, and proposals for the refurbishment.<\/p>\n<p>The second webinar on this topic will take place on 9 December 2025, 1pm.<\/p>\n<p>For further information and booking:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/historicengland.org.uk\/education\/training-skills\/training\/webinars\/technical-tuesdays\/\">https:\/\/historicengland.org.uk\/education\/training-skills\/training\/webinars\/technical-tuesdays\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic England: The refurbishment of Union Chain Bridge: Part 1 webinar On &#8211; Line Tuesday 9 December 2025 &#8211; 1 pm\u00a0 Union Chain Bridge, opened in 1820, is the world\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/?tribe_events=historic-england-the-refurbishment-of-union-chain-bridge-part-1-webinar\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Historic England: The refurbishment of Union Chain Bridge: Part 1 webinar<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[16,20,21,26],"class_list":["post-13820","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-event","tribe_events_cat-compeval","tribe_events_cat-compintervent","tribe_events_cat-ihbc-cpd-provider","cat_event","cat_compeval","cat_compintervent","cat_ihbc-cpd-provider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/13820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/13820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13825,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/13820\/revisions\/13825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13820"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftribe_events_cat&post=13820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}