Erzsébet híd in the foreground, seen from Gellért Hill

Erzsébet híd, Erzsébet Bridge or Elisabeth Bridge is the second newest bridge and one of the most elegant ones of Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the River Danube. It is situated at the narrowest part of the Danube, the bridge spanning only 290 m. Is is named after Queen Elisabeth, a popular queen and empress of Austria-Hungary, who was tragically assassinated. Today, her large bronze statue sits by the bridge's Buda side connection in the middle of a small garden. Download high resolution version (1632x1232, 374 KB)Budapest, looking north from Gellért Hill. ... Download high resolution version (1632x1232, 374 KB)Budapest, looking north from Gellért Hill. ... Gellérthegy is part of Budapest’s XI District, and is mainly centred around the eponymous Gellérthegy (Gellert Hill), named after the saint thrown to his death from the hill (by?). The famous Gellert Hotel can be found in Gellert Square in the areas eastern stretches. ... Budapest seen from north. ... Buda (German: Ofen) is the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest on the right bank of the Danube. ... Pest (in Slovak Pešť, pron. ... The Danube (Donau in German; Dunaj in Slovak; Donava in Slovene; Duna in Hungarian; Dunav in Croatian and Serbian; Dunav or Дунав in Bulgarian; Dunăre in Romanian; Дунай (Dunay) in Ukrainian; Danuvius in Latin) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ... To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 100 m and 1 km. ... Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Duchess in Bavaria and Princess of Bavaria (December 24, 1837 – September 10, 1898), of the House of Wittelsbach, was Empress-Consort of Austria and Queen consort of Hungary due to her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast-metal sculpture of bronze is often called a bronze. ...

Its two ends are

• Március 15. tér (with the oldest church in Pest, Inner City Parish Church, built in the XIII century) and the famous Mátyás Pince restaurant
• Döbrentei tér in Buda with the monument of Saint Gellert on the Gellért Hill and the Rác Baths and Rudas Baths nearby. A luxury spa hotel is currently being built in the area.

The original permanent crossing, a decorative chain bridge, was built between 1897 and 1903, amid a corruption scandal. The Buda end of Erzsébet bridge runs directly into the massive foot of Gellért Hill, necessitating a complicated arrangement of roads to connect to the bridge. The bridge was designed in such a way because a wealthy nobleman, who sat on the City Council at the time owned the particular area of the riverbank. He wanted to make a fortune by selling the piece of land for bridge constructon purposes, bribing the other councilmen and engineers on purpose. He managed to sell the land at greatly inflated prices. In the era of horse drawn carts the geometry issue was not considered significant and the resulting cost overruns were covered up, therefore no prosecution took place. In recent decades, many motorists have been permanently injured or killed in the sharp turn that immediately follows the bridgehead. After a terrible accident in 2004, which killed a family, a speed limit of 40 km/h was posted for the west-bound lanes. Gerard Sagredo (also Gellért, c. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... See also spa SPA can refer to: Saudi Press Agency School of Planning and architecture is Indias premier Architecture and city-planning institutions. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... A speed limit is the maximum speed allowed by law for vehicles on a road. ...

The original Erzsébet híd was blown up at the end of World War II by retreating Wehrmacht sappers. This is the only bridge in Budapest which could not be rebuilt in its original form. Pictures and some salvaged elements from the old bridge can be seen on the grass in front of the Museum of Transport in City Park. Vajdahunyad Castle in Városliget Városliget or City Park is a middle-large public park (302 acres or 1. ...

The currently standing slender white cable bridge was built in the very same location between 1961-1964, because the socialist country could not afford to construct entirely new foundations for the bridge. The main spar cables of the bridge are hexagonal in cross section, composed of thousands of elementary steel wires of seven different diameter, partly because early computers were unable to provide solution for a circular cross section main cable batch. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A regular hexagon A hexagon (also known as sexagon) is a polygon with six edges and six vertices. ...

The novel design, planned by Pál Sávoly, was a first in Central Europe and not without weaknesses. Tram traffic and its heavy tracks had to be removed from the bidge in 1973 after signs of cracks appreared in the structure. The 2x3 lane Erzsébet bridge is relatively well maintained because it is part of the route where foreign dignitaries are being taken from Ferihegy Airport to the government quarter. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... ...

See also

• Széchenyi Chain Bridge
• Liberty Bridge
• Margaret Bridge

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External links

(The below three are from Budapest Tourism Office)

• Erzsébet híd
• Picture
• Inner City Parish Church
• Gellért Hill