Total length 378 m Width 26 m | Opened 1937 Body of water Danube | |
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Address Budapest, Petőfi híd, 1095 Hungary Similar Rákóczi Bridge, Margaret Bridge, Elisabeth Bridge, Liberty Bridge, Árpád Bridge | ||
Budapest 2014 pet fi bridge
Petőfi híd or Petőfi Bridge (named after Sándor Petőfi, old name is Horthy Miklós Bridge, named after governor Miklós Horthy) is a bridge in Budapest, connecting Pest and Buda across the Danube. It is the second southernmost public bridge in Budapest.
Its two ends are
Budapest already made a proposal in the early 1900s to build the bridge, but the competent state bodies was believed that a bridge in Óbuda is a way more important. After the start of World War I., the idea was postponed, however, the bridge was still important for the townspeople.
The bridge was built between 1933–1937, according to the plans of Hubert Pál Álgyay. It is 514 m in length (along with the sections leading up) and 25.6 m in width and rebuilt after the Second World War.