Statue of Liberty to close for yearlong renovation

The Bronze of Liberty will abutting for a year at the end of October as it undergoes a $27.25 actor advance that will accomplish the autogenous safer and added accessible, U.S. Secretary of the Autogenous Ken Salazar appear Wednesday.The renovations, however, are bound to the monument, and Liberty Island will abide accessible and the bronze itself will be mostly bare from view, admiral said in a statement.The National Parks Service, which manages the Bronze of Liberty National Cairn and Ellis Island, said it will abutting the cairn on Oct. 28, afterwards the 125th ceremony of its dedication.It will be bankrupt the afterward day, and workers from Joseph Construction Corp. of Pine Brook, N.J., will install "code-complaint" stairways and advancement electrical and blaze abolishment systems, elevators and bathrooms.The National Parks Service told the Associated Press in August 2010 that it would abutting the statue's acme to advancement the stairwells and advance assurance at Lady Liberty. One reason: The newest blaze codes authorization escape routes that would acquiesce the bronze to be abandoned aural two hours, but the accepted staircases on either ancillary of the basement do not accommodated the standards.