Hungária körgyűrű

Róbert Károly Boulevard

Hungária körgyűrű (lit. Hungary beltway or Hungary boulevard) is the longest and busiest boulevard, also the widest city street in Budapest, Hungary. It's 13 km long and has 6-10 traffic lanes with a rapid tram line on the median of the boulevard. It consists of three parts: Róbert Károly körút, Hungária körút and Könyves Kálmán körút.

Location

It starts by the Pester side of Árpád Bridge and crosses Váci út, Lehel út, M3 motorway, Thököly út, Kerepesi út, Kőbányai út, Üllői út, Gyáli út (M5 motorway) and Soroksári út. Róbert Károly körút part lies in Angyalföld (13th district), Hungária körút in Zugló (14th district), Kőbánya (10th district) and Józsefváros (8th district), Könyves Kálmán körút in Kőbánya, Józsefváros and Ferencváros (9th district).

History

The construction started in 1980, the first part finished in 1984 with the new Árpád Bridge (2x3 traffic lanes and 2 tram tracks). Before the construction majority of suburban characteristic small houses (lied on the planned route) was demolished. The last section finished in 2000, Rákóczi Bridge was built in 1995. Nowadays the boulevard doesn't have a uniform facade, there are 100-year old rural houses, socialist block of flats and modern high-rise office buildings along Hungária körgyűrű. According to some sources, it is one of the strangest street in Budapest.

Notable points

National Police HQ
National Pension Insurance

Sources