Árpád Bridge

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Árpád Bridge

Official name	Árpád híd
Carries	2*3 roads+tram
Crosses	Danube River
Locale	Budapest
Design	Beam bridge
Longest span	457.2 meters
Total length	981 meters
Width	27.6 meters
AADT	150'000
Opening date	November 7, 1950

Árpád Bridge or Árpád híd is a bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the Danube.

It is the northernmost public bridge of the capital and the longest bridge in Hungary, spanning about 2 km with the sections leading up to the bridge, and 928 m without them. It is 35.3 m wide.

Its Buda end is Szentlélek tér (near the Main Square of Óbuda, Vasarely and Kassák Museums).

Margaret Island is available from the bridge from an embranchment, and the bridge overlooks Óbuda Island as well (see Sziget Festival).

Its construction was started in 1939 by the plans of János Kossalka, but due to World War II, the work ended only in 1950, directed by Károly Széchy and Pál Sávoly.

On the Pest side, Árpád híd is also the name of a metro station on line 3 (north-south) of the Budapest Metro.