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Bridges in Hungary from the Roman Heritage Until Today’S from the Roman Heritage Until Today’S Giants Giants The Gombás-stream bridge of Vác, Hungary’s 250–year-old statue decorated bridge is a valued art relic. BRidges in HungARy From the Roman heritage until today’s From the Roman heritage until today’s giants giants • Bridges from the Roman ages until nowadays, the milestones of road bridge building. • 70 bridges of the 13 thousand, from 19 counties and the capital, illustrated with nearly 300 photographs, drawings, and short histories. • A short list of terminology and a bibliography of bridge designers, builders, scientists, teachers and researchers. • A historic portray of prominent individuals whose names were given to bridges. • From the Roman heritage until today’s giants today’s until heritage Roman the From • y • The Hungarian road bridge building in a nutshell. The road towards building the ar largest spanned and longest bridge. 9 7 8 9 6 3 0 6 3 0 4 5 0 idges in Hung in idges The Kőröshegy viaduct of motorway M7 built 2007 is the longest R (1872 m) and highest bridge of Hungary B 1. Hungary’s longest and best known arched bridge was built in 1833 at the ancient crossing place of the Hortobágy. 4. One of the 1400 bridges destroyed in World war II, the Berettyó-bridge of Szeghalom was built with remnant materials from a Tisza-bridge. 2. Széchenyi’s Chain Bridge was completed in 1849, at the time of its construction its 202 m span was a world record. Our first permanent Danube- bridge is a symbol of Budapest. 5. In Esztergom the Danube- bridge built in 1895 was rebuilt 57 years after its explosion in its original form with EU support. 3. The first reinforced concrete bridge was built in Solt in 1889. 6. The 1860 m long Danube-bridge of motorway M0’s Megyer section will be our first cable-stayed bridge. The front cover shows the Pentele Danube-bridge built in Dunaújváros in 2007; its riverbed span is the largest (304 m) in the world amongst the basket-handle arch bridges. Bence Hajós Lajos Halász Katalin Kara László Magyari Róbert Rasztik László Sitku Ernő Tóth DEng Herbert Träger DEng Bridges in Hungary From the Roman heritage until today’s giants Budapest, 2008 9 Welcome 10 Introduction 12-13 1. Öskü, arch of the Kikeri Lake Dam 26-27 8. Jászdózsa, Dead-Tarna-bridge Built by legionaries, used to be part of Contractor problems 200 years ago a fish-pond HL TE 14-15 2. Sopron, Ikva-bridge 28-29 9. Tarnaméra, Old-Tarna-bridge Hiding street bridge Fine monument in Heves county KK rich in stone bridges TE 16-17 3. Vác, Gombás-stream bridge 30-31 10. Hortobágy, Nine-arched bridge Our 250-year-old statue decorated bridge The longest and most famous “stone RR bridge” in Hungary HL 18-19 4. Káptalanfa, double-span bridge 32-33 11. Héhalom, three-span arch bridge One of our most beautiful bridges As old as the Nine-arch bridge in Hortobágy KK TE 20-21 5. Olaszliszka, Olasz-ditch bridge 34-35 12. Zalaszentgrót, Zala-bridge Bridge chapel: unique pointed arch Built by prisoners, today the arched bridge HL has no continuation RR 22-23 6. Karcag, Zádor-bridge 36-37 13. Budapest, the Széchenyi Chain Bridge Incomplete bridge in the Great Plains English and Scottish link of chain between HL Buda and Pest HB 24-25 7. Sárvár, castle-entrance bridge 38-39 14. Budapest, Margaret Bridge Our arch bridge with the most spans Widened and reconstructed bridge illustrated also on a coffee-cup ornamented by statues TE TH 40-41 15. Solt, reinforced concrete arched canal 54-55 22. Bridge on the tide-reducing canal of bridge the river Répce The first Monier-system reinforced concrete A 100-year-old monument of the water bridge in Hungary SL management project TE 42-43 16. Komárom, Elisabeth Danube-bridge 56-57 23. Gyoma, Hármas-Körös-bridge Our first crescent shaped road bridge is The bridge with a 117-year-old middle span 115 years old TE ML 44-45 17. City Park in Budapest (Városliget), 58-59 24. Fok, Sebes-Körös-bridge Wünsch Bridge The early joint use of steel and reinforced An early rigid steel reinforced concrete bridge concrete KK TE 46-47 18. Budapest, Ferenc József, today 60-61 25. The mixed-traffic Tisza-bridge at Kisköre Liberty Bridge The one and only road- and railway bridge The most beautiful Gerber-hinged, truss HL bridge in the world TH 48-49 19. Városliget (City Park in Budapest), 62-63 26. Győr, Kossuth Bridge Zielinski Bridge Our first Langer-type bridge generated The gateway to the Városliget international interest SL ML 50-51 20. Szekszárd-Palánk, Sió-bridge 64-65 27. The Gróf Tisza István Sebes-Körös-bridge An iron bridge in its original form at A nice example of an early reinforced the ancient crossing place concrete beam bridge KK TE 52-53 21. Balatonföldvár, Zielinski-footbridge 66-67 28. Győr, Petőfi Rába-bridge One of our historic monument reinforced Our first welded road bridge, a European top concrete bridges at the time of its construction KK TE 68-69 29. Budapest, Petőfi Bridge 82-83 36. Dunaföldvár, Beszédes József Danube- A deck truss bridge different from the bridge one winning the tender The longest continuous steel truss bridge in TH Hungary TH 70-71 30. Veszprém, Szent István Viaduct 84-85 37. Győr, promenade Rába-bridge A symbol of Veszprém, a masterpiece The unique slenderness makes the Gerber- by Róbert Folly structure bridge so prominent ML ML 72-73 31. Vásárosnamény, Rákóczi Ferenc II 86-87 38. Varasd, the viaduct Tisza-bridge Our largest reinforced concrete arch bridge The gateway to the Bereg region TH HB 74-75 32. Szeged, Downtown Tisza-bridge 88-89 39. The Bolond road viaduct on highway no. 6 A worthy successor of the Feketeházy-Eiffel- Our first larger beams prefabricated onsite type bridge TH RR 76-77 33. Balatonhídvég, Zala-bridge 90-91 40. Tiszalök, Bocskai Bridge on the Eastern A slender steel bridge, a nice work of the Main Channel “bridge battle” in the 1950’s Similar, yet different bridges RR TH 78-79 34. Szeghalom, Berettyó-bridge 92-93 41. Tokaj, Queen Elisabeth Tisza-bridge Made of the materials from the The Wine of the Kings — the Bridge of the Feketeházy-Eiffel-type Tisza-bridge Queen TH HB 80-81 35. Budapest, Árpád Bridge 94-95 42. Tihany, harbour-bridge It was the longest bridge of Hungary On the sine curve wearing high heels for 57 years ML TH 96-97 43. Szolnok, city Tisza-bridge 110-111 50. Kunszentmárton, Hármas-Körös-bridge Preliminary study for the steel slab of Prestressed reinforced concrete bridges on the Elisabeth Bridge in Budapest Körös rivers built without temporary supports TH TH 98-99 44. Budapest, Elisabeth Bridge 112-113 51. Budapest, structures in the junction of A worthy successor of the former world Hungária boulevard and Kacsóh Pongrác road champion Elisabeth chain-bridge Reinforced concrete embroidery TH KK 100-101 45. Budapest, Elisabeth Bridge, Buda- 114-115 52. Budapest, Flórián square, bridges side bridge ramp structures and pedestrian underpass Our first large-scale, branched reinforced Curved bridges over Roman ruins concrete bridge KK KK 102-103 46. Motorway M7, V-legged frame-bridge 116-117 53. Hídvégardó, Bódva-bridge Jumping footbridge The only timber bridge on the national road TH network TE 104-105 47. Győr, Vásárhelyi Pál Footbridge 118-119 54. Motorway M0, Háros Danube-bridge Our first cable-stayed bridge The first Danube-bridge built at a new ML location after World war II SL 106-107 48. Makó, Maros-bridge 102-121 55. Motorway M0, Soroksár-Danube bridge Steel monogram Use of the free concreting on a motorway RR TH 108-109 49. Kápolnásnyék, bridge over a 122-123 56. Cigánd, Ferenc Rákóczi II. Tisza-bridge railway line Juggling with 410 tons Our first totally prefabricated bridge SL KK 124-125 57. Budapest, Lágymányos Danube-bridge 138-139 64. Sárvár, Ferenc Nádasdy Rába-bridge The first new Danube-bridge in Budapest The model of the Pentele Danube-bridge after World war II ML SL 126-127 58. Záhony, Tisza-bridge 140-141 65. Motorway M7. Korongi-bridge near Letenye Three adjacent bridges between The first extradosed structure in Hungary Hungary and Ukraine SL HB 128-129 59. Tiszaug, Tisza-bridge on the main 142-143 66. Motorway M3, Tisza-bridge near Oszlár road nr. 44 Thousand tons floated in one single piece Terminating the joint use by an up-to- HL date steel bridge HL 130-131 60. Budapest, Circular bridge above 144-145 67. Motorway M7, Ebhegy-viaduct the joint section of motorways M1-M7 A launched bridge in the valley Our only bridge with a full circle layout TE RR 132-133 61. Esztergom, Mária Valéria 146-147 68. Motorway M8, Pentele Danube-bridge Danube-bridge World record in “basket handle” The storming lifed Danube-bridge was SL revived after 57 years TH 134-135 62. Esztergom, Árok-street Small- 148-149 69. Motorway M7, Kőröshegy-viaduct Danube bridge Higher than a church tower A slender composite structure that keeps SL the traditions SL 136-137 63. Szekszárd, Szent László 150-151 70 Motorway M0, Megyer Danube-bridge Danube-bridge Harp over the Danube Motorway M9, the first section of a new RR connection SL 152 The Names of Our Bridges 164 Bridge History 166 The Largest Bridges in Hungary 170 Terminology 155 Biographies 165 The Largest Bridge Spans 167 Bibliography 173 Index Welcome „A bridge means more than stones and steel, it expresses mankind’s strive to create, it makes tight connections between nations, it leads roads across in order to ease people’s lives.” István Széchenyi Bridges are ancient, important, real and symbolic connections, without them have inscribed their names in the history of bridge building by existing structures social life is impossible.
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