{"id":97167702,"date":"2010-06-07T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/brooklyn-bridge-to-receive-500-million-facelift\/"},"modified":"2010-06-07T13:19:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T13:19:00","slug":"brooklyn-bridge-to-receive-500-million-facelift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/brooklyn-bridge-to-receive-500-million-facelift\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Bridge to Receive $500 Million Facelift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<strong>Brooklyn&#39;s famous bridge will be getting a big makeover<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter a long 127 years, the 1.1 mile long, Brooklyn Bridge will be getting a $500 million makeover. The project includes a complete repainting of the bridge, along with the repair of essentials that were part of its original construction.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nVice President Biden and Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined together on Wednesday to announce the beginning of the renovation, which is set to be completed in four years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe funding for the project comes from the federal economic recovery act, which provided $30 million, along with&nbsp;the city and other federal sources.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe painting alone, last done in 1991, is estimated to take four years. Other major changes include expanding the roads leading to the bridge, from one lane to two.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Source:<\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/travel\/destinations\/2010-06-07-brooklyn-bridge-makeover_N.htm?csp=YahooModule_Travel\" target=\"_blank\"><em>USATODAY<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Brooklyn&#39;s famous bridge will be getting a big makeover &nbsp; After a long 127 years, the 1.1 mile long, Brooklyn Bridge will be getting a $500 million makeover. The project includes a complete repainting of the bridge, along with the repair of essentials that were part of its original construction. &nbsp; Vice President Biden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97167702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97167702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97167702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97167702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97167702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97167702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97167702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}