Bridges of Budapest
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[edit] Bridges of Budapest
There are ten bridges on the Danube in Budapest, and one more under construction.
[edit] North Rail Bridge (Északi összekötő vasúti híd)
- Length: 674.40m
- Width: 11.90
This is a train bridge located in the North of Budapest.
[edit] Árpád híd
| Árpád Bridge | |
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| Official name | Árpád Híd |
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| 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
[edit] Széchenyi lánchíd (Chain Bridge)
| Széchenyi Chain Bridge | |
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| Official name | Széchenyi Lánchíd |
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| Carries | 2 roads |
| Crosses | Danube River |
| Locale | Budapest |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Total length | 202m |
| Opening date | November 20, 1849 |
Széchenyi lánchíd or Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans River Danube between Buda and Pest, the west and east side of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The first bridge across the Danube in Budapest, it was designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark in 1839, after Count István Széchenyi's initiative in the same year, with construction supervised locally by Scottish engineer Adam Clark (no relation). It opened in 1849, thus became the first bridge in the Hungarian capital. At the time, its center span of 202 m was one of the largest in the world. The pairs of lions at each of the abutments were added in 1852. It is popular culture in Hungary to point out that the lions in fact have no tongues.
[edit] Lágymányos Bridge
| Lágymányos Híd | |
| Image:Lagymanyosihid.jpg |
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| Official name | Lágymányosi Híd |
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| Carries | 2*2 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
