Petőfi híd

Petőfi híd carries the name of Sándor Petőfi, Hungary’s national poet, but the bridge itself has had a more turbulent life. The original span, designed by Hubert Pál Álgyay, was built between 1933 and 1937 as the Horthy Miklós Bridge, then destroyed by retreating German troops during the Second World War. What crosses the Danube here today is the rebuilt bridge, inaugurated in November 1952 and renamed for Petőfi at the same time. At 514 metres long, including the approach sections, and 25.6 metres wide, it links Pest and Buda at one of the city’s southern crossings. On the Pest side it reaches Boráros tér, the southern end of the Grand Boulevard and the terminus of the Csepel HÉV, while on the Buda side it meets Goldmann György tér beside the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. …

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