Danube
divides the capital in two pats as it
flows southwards. At the northern limit of the city it is almost a
kilometer wide, the narrowest point is at the foot of the
Gellért hill, where its width is only to 230 metres.
Alltogether
Budapest has 7 bridges and two
for trains. From north to south they are: Árpád-,
Margit-, Lánc-, Erzsébet-, Szabadság-,
Petőfi- and Lágymányosi-híd. Over the
history they had many different names but this is how we call them
today.
The
oldest one is
Lánchíd (Chainbridge) which is beautifully
illuminated at night and in the summer months for the weekends it is
preserved for pedestrians only. Between Árpád-
and Margit-híd, one can find the pleasantly green Margaret
island, which is a very popular recreational area. The slim white iron
bridge, called Erzsébet is a suspension bridge, which was
very modern at the time of its construction. The
Szabadság-híd is famous for its statues, two
birds from where earlier many people committed suicide.
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From
the Pest end of the
Margit-híd runs a semicircular avenue, built after Parisian
pattern. This is called the
“Nagykörút” meaning Grand
Boulevard. It reaches the Danube at both ends joining
Margit-híd on the north and Petőfi-híd on the
south. Grand Boulevard is the overall name of Szt. István-,
Teréz-, Erzsébet-, Teréz- anf
József-körút.
The
semicircle continues on the Buda side,
although
not quite as regulary as in Pest.
The
bridge north of Margit-híd,
Árpád-híd is the beginning of an outer
semi-circular ring. This reached the Danube on the south, when
Lágymányosi-híd the newest bridge was
completed, right beside the existing railway bridge.
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