Chain bridge hungary bridge budapest. Chain bridge location in budapest the szechenyi chain bridge hungarian. Chain bridge is a suspension bridge crossing the danube river. Szechenyi lanchid hungarian pronunciation. The chain bridge is one of the best known landmarks of budapest.
The picturesque historic stone bridge straddles the danube between szechenyi square on the pest side and clark adam square in buda. The chain bridge is one of the symbols of budapest. It connects the two areas of the city that is to say buda and pest. It passes through the danube from pest all the way to the stairs leading to buda castle.
The chain bridge was the first permanent stone bridge connecting pest and buda and only the second permanent crossing on the whole length of the river danube. With the buda castle in the background the hungarian capitals first bridge now a monument is a fascinating spectacle that has attracted many tourists to budapest. If you are in budapest you should see it but there are nicer bridges in other countries. Its construction was proposed by count istvan szechenyi.
The bridge was built upon the request of count istvan szechenyi by designer william tierney clark and engineer adam clark between 1839 and 1849.