Árpád Bridge
Árpád Bridge, or Árpád híd, is the Danube crossing that links Óbuda on the Buda side to Pest, and it carries a tramline as well as pedestrian and bicycle paths. Built between 1950 and 1950-11-07, the bridge was conceived in the earlier plan to carry a new Árpád-named span across the river, with construction directed by Károly Széchy and Pál Sávoly. At its inauguration, it opened under the name Stalin Bridge (Sztálin híd) during the early communist era, a reflection of the times it was completed, and it later became known as Árpád Bridge. The bridge spans about 2 kilometers including approaches, making it the longest in Hungary until 2008, with a width of 35.3 meters. The structure features a central Danube crossing with connections to the Óbuda end, where Flórián tér and Szentlélek tér sit near Óbuda’s Main Square, and it links to the Pest side where Line 3’s Árpád híd metro station sits nearby (the station name changed in 2020). …
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