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Budapest, Hungary

Széchenyi Chain Bridge

Budapest, Hungary

Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Photo: Alireza Javaheri · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a road bridge spanning the Danube between Buda and Pest in Budapest, Hungary. Designed by English engineer William Tierney Clark and built by Scottish engineer Adam Clark, it opened in 1849 as the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary. Its stone and iron construction features cast-iron decorations, and it is a historic monument of Hungary.

Movement

Built
Type
road bridge, chain bridge
Materials
stone, iron
Heritage
historic monument of Hungary
Place
Budapest, Hungary

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Location

47.49891, 19.04353