List of bridges in Hungary

This list of bridges in Hungary lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included.

Major road and railway bridges edit

This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).

Name Hungarian Span Length Type Carries
Crosses
Opened Location Region Ref.
  1 Pentele Bridge Dunaújvárosi híd 308 m (1,010 ft) 1,670 m (5,480 ft) Arch
Steel tied arch
Bow-string bridge
2007 DunaújvárosDunavecse
46°54′12.0″N 18°57′29.7″E / 46.903333°N 18.958250°E / 46.903333; 18.958250 (Pentele Bridge)
Central Transdanubia
Southern Great Plain
[S 1]
[1]
  2 Megyeri Bridge Megyeri híd 300 m (980 ft) 1,862 m (6,109 ft) Cable-stayed
Steel girder deck, concrete pylons
145+300+145
M0 motorway
Budapest Ring Road
4 lanes
Danube
2008 Budapest
47°36′26.6″N 19°05′32.6″E / 47.607389°N 19.092389°E / 47.607389; 19.092389 (Megyeri Bridge)
Central Hungary [S 2]
[B 1]
[2]
  3 Elisabeth Bridge (1903)
destroyed in 1945
Erzsébet híd 290 m (950 ft) 379 m (1,243 ft) Suspension
Chain bridge
1903 Budapest
1st - 5th
47°29′27.2″N 19°02′56.7″E / 47.490889°N 19.049083°E / 47.490889; 19.049083 (Elisabeth Bridge (Budapest)(1903))
Central Hungary [S 3]
[B 2]
[3]
  4 Elisabeth Bridge Erzsébet híd 290 m (950 ft) 380 m (1,250 ft) Suspension
Steel girder deck, steel pylons
6 lanes road bridge
Danube
1964 Budapest
1st - 5th
47°29′27.4″N 19°02′57.2″E / 47.490944°N 19.049222°E / 47.490944; 19.049222 (Elisabeth Bridge (Budapest))
Central Hungary [S 4]
[B 2][3]
  5 Monoštor Bridge [hu] Monostori híd 252 m (827 ft) 600 m (2,000 ft) Cable-stayed
Steel girder deck, steel pylon
2 lanes road bridge
Danube
2020 KomáromKomárno
47°45′23.5″N 18°05′04.9″E / 47.756528°N 18.084694°E / 47.756528; 18.084694 (Monoštor Bridge)
Central Transdanubia
  Slovakia
[4]
  6 Széchenyi Chain Bridge Széchenyi Lánchíd 202 m (663 ft) 380 m (1,250 ft) Suspension
Chain bridge, wrought iron deck, masonry pylons
89+202+89
2 lanes road bridge
Danube
1849 Budapest
5th
47°29′56.3″N 19°02′36.7″E / 47.498972°N 19.043528°E / 47.498972; 19.043528 (Széchenyi Chain Bridge)
Central Hungary [S 5]
[B 3]
[5]
  7 Liberty Bridge (Budapest) Szabadság híd 179 m (587 ft) 337 m (1,106 ft) Truss
Steel
79+179+79
2 lanes road bridge
Trams in Budapest
(lines 2, 2B, 2M)
Danube
1896 Budapest
5th - 11th
47°29′08.7″N 19°03′17.7″E / 47.485750°N 19.054917°E / 47.485750; 19.054917 (Liberty Bridge (Budapest))
Central Hungary [S 6]
[B 4]
[6]
  8 Petőfi Bridge Petőfi híd 154 m (505 ft) 514 m (1,686 ft) Truss
Steel
112+154+112
4 lanes road bridge
Trams in Budapest
(lines 4, 6)
Danube
1937 Budapest
5th - 11th
47°28′43.9″N 19°03′48.2″E / 47.478861°N 19.063389°E / 47.478861; 19.063389 (Petőfi Bridgei)
Central Hungary [S 7]
[B 5]
[7]
  9 Belvárosi Bridge Belvárosi híd 147 m (482 ft) Arch
Steel tied arch
Bow-string bridge
2 lanes road bridge
Tisza
1948 Szeged
46°15′03.1″N 20°09′12.1″E / 46.250861°N 20.153361°E / 46.250861; 20.153361 (Belvárosi Bridge (Szeged))
Southern Great Plain [S 8]
  10 Bertalan Bridge [hu] Bertalan híd 141 m (463 ft) 762 m (2,500 ft) Beam bridge
Steel
1979 Szeged
46°15′21.8″N 20°09′54.3″E / 46.256056°N 20.165083°E / 46.256056; 20.165083 (Bertalan Bridge)
Southern Great Plain [S 9]
  11 József Beszédes Bridge [hu] Beszédes József híd 136 m (446 ft)(x2) 509 m (1,670 ft) Truss
Steel
109+2x136+109
Main road 52
2 lanes
Danube
1930 DunaföldvárSolt
46°48′37.9″N 18°55′59.3″E / 46.810528°N 18.933139°E / 46.810528; 18.933139 (József Beszédes Bridge)
Southern Transdanubia
Southern Great Plain
[8]
  12 Vámosszabadi Bridge [hu] Vámosszabadi híd 133 m (436 ft) 363 m (1,191 ft) Truss
Steel
114+133+114
1942 VámosszabadiMedveďov
47°47′36.5″N 17°39′05.4″E / 47.793472°N 17.651500°E / 47.793472; 17.651500 (Vámosszabadi Bridge)
Western Transdanubia
  Slovakia
[9]
  13 Szent László Bridge [hu] Szent László híd 120 m (390 ft)(x3) 917 m (3,009 ft) Box girder
Steel
80+3x120+80
M9 motorway
2 lanes
Danube
2003 Szekszárd
46°21′08.1″N 18°53′43.9″E / 46.352250°N 18.895528°E / 46.352250; 18.895528 (Szent László Bridge)
Southern Transdanubia [10]
  14 Kőröshegyi Viaduct [hu] Kőröshegyi völgyhíd 120 m (390 ft)(x13) 1,872 m (6,142 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
95+13x120+95
2007 Kőröshegy
46°48′59.8″N 17°54′07.3″E / 46.816611°N 17.902028°E / 46.816611; 17.902028 (Kőröshegyi Viaduct)
Southern Transdanubia [S 10]
[11]
  15 Mária Valéria Bridge Mária Valéria híd 119 m (390 ft) 514 m (1,686 ft) Truss
Steel
85+102+119+102+85
2 lanes road bridge
Danube
1895 EsztergomŠtúrovo
47°47′43.0″N 18°43′47.6″E / 47.795278°N 18.729889°E / 47.795278; 18.729889 (Mária Valéria Bridge)
Central Transdanubia
  Slovakia
[S 11]
[12]
  16 Deák Ferenc Bridge [hu] Deák Ferenc híd 108 m (354 ft)(x3) 770 m (2,530 ft) Box girder
Steel
Twin bridges
3x73+3x108+3x73
M0 motorway
8 lanes
Budapest Ring Road
Danube
1990
2013
Budapest 22ndSzigetszentmiklós
47°23′20.6″N 19°00′50.1″E / 47.389056°N 19.013917°E / 47.389056; 19.013917 (Deák Ferenc Bridge)
Central Hungary [13]
  17 Árpád Bridge Árpád híd 103 m (338 ft)(x2) 928 m (3,045 ft) Beam bridge
Steel
82+103+103+82
76+102+76
6 lanes road bridge
Trams in Budapest
(lines 1, 1M, 17, 41)
Danube
1950 Budapest
2nd - 13th
47°32′14.8″N 19°03′14.9″E / 47.537444°N 19.054139°E / 47.537444; 19.054139 (Árpád Bridge)
Central Hungary [S 12]
[B 6]
[14]
  18 István Türr Bridge [hu] Türr István híd 103 m (338 ft)(x4) 582 m (1,909 ft) Truss
Steel
4x103
Route 55
Bátaszék–Baja–Kiskunhalas railway
Danube
1950 Baja, HungaryPörböly
46°11′34.9″N 18°55′38.0″E / 46.193028°N 18.927222°E / 46.193028; 18.927222 (István Türr Bridge)
Southern Great Plain [S 13]
[15]
  19 Komárom Railway Bridge [hu] Komáromi vasúti összekötő híd 103 m (338 ft) 494 m (1,621 ft) Truss
Steel
4x103+82
Komárom–Nové Zámky railway
Danube
1909 KomáromKomárno
47°45′24.2″N 18°05′13.2″E / 47.756722°N 18.087000°E / 47.756722; 18.087000 (Komárom Railway Bridge)
Central Transdanubia
  Slovakia
[16]
  20 Elisabeth Bridge (Komárom) [hu] Erzsébet híd (Komárom) 102 m (335 ft)(x4) 411 m (1,348 ft) Truss
Steel
4x102
Main road 132
2 lanes
Danube
1892 KomáromKomárno
47°45′04.9″N 18°07′15.5″E / 47.751361°N 18.120972°E / 47.751361; 18.120972 (Elisabeth Bridge (Komárom))
Central Transdanubia
  Slovakia
[S 14]
[17]


Notes and references edit

  • "The eight famous bridges of Budapest". bridgesofbudapest.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022.
  1. ^ "Megyeri Bridge". Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Elizabeth Bridge". Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Chain Bridge". Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Liberty Bridge". Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Petofi Bridge". Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Arpad Bridge". Archived from the original on 16 May 2022.
  • Others references
  1. ^ A dunaújvárosi Pentele duna-híd, Duna-hídjaink, p.86-89
  2. ^ Az M0 autópálya Megyeri duna-hídja, Duna-hídjaink, p.49-51
  3. ^ a b Erzsébet híd, Duna-hídjaink, p.68-71
  4. ^ "Nový cestný most cez Dunaj medzi mestami Komárom a Komárno" [New road bridge over the Danube between the towns of Komárom and Komárno]. asb.sk (in Slovak).
  5. ^ Széchenyi lánchíd, Duna-hídjaink, p.64-67
  6. ^ Szabadság - Ferenc József híd, Duna-hídjaink, p.72-75
  7. ^ Petőfi (Horthy miklós, Boráros téri) Híd, Duna-hídjaink, p.76,77
  8. ^ A dunaföldvári Beszédes József duna-híd, Duna-hídjaink, p.90-92
  9. ^ A Vámosszabadi duna-híd, Duna-hídjaink, p.40,41
  10. ^ A szekszárdi Szent László duna-híd, Duna-hídjaink, p.93,94
  11. ^ "Köröshegy Viaduct". pont-terv.hu - TERV Engineering Consultants. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014.
  12. ^ Az EsztErgomi mária Valéria duna-híd, Duna-hídjaink, p.46-48
  13. ^ Az m0 autóút hárosi duna-hídja, Duna-hídjaink, p.84,85
  14. ^ Árpád híd, Duna-hídjaink, p.54-57
  15. ^ A bajai türr istván duna-híd, Duna-hídjaink, p.95-97
  16. ^ A komáromi Vasúti duna-híd, Duna-hídjaink, p.42,43
  17. ^ A komáromi ErzsébEt duna-híd, Duna-hídjaink, p.44,45

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Further reading edit

  • Sitku László, Domanovszky Sándor, Koller Ida, Kozma Károly, Tóth Ernő, Träger Herbert (2009). Duna-hídjaink [Danube - our bridges] (PDF). 50th Bridge Engineering Conference (in Hungarian). Közlekedésfejlesztési Koordináció Központ. ISBN 978-963-88495-1-9. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Zoltán Basa, Imre Gáli, Bence Hajós, János Jójárt, Mihály Rigo, Ernő Tóth (2003). Hidak Csongrád Megyében [Bridges in Csongrád County] (in Hungarian). Szeged. ISBN 963-21-0501-X. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Prade, Marcel (1990). Ponts & Viaducs Remarquables d'Europe (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. p. 415. ISBN 2-902170-65-3.