Bernd
07/19/2020 (Sun) 15:25:14
No.38702
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This is the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, a bridge over the Danube in Budapest with symbolical importance. It was the first solid bridge that connected the two banks of the river, the two settlements Buda and Pest (the city was unified in 1873). The need to build one was there for decades, only by 1849 (during the time of the revolutionary struggles) was the dream realized. It was blown up in 1945, by the retreating Germans, and reopened in 1949, a hundred years after it's opening.
It needs renovation. Eggsberts say this for a decade. Now it's the plaything of daily politics: Budapest is in the hands of the opposition, the government finds it hard to get the money to support the works. They blame each other ofc. Well, they have another 15, perhaps 25 years until it become unusably dangerous.
Some photos in the article (at some image an gallery can be opened up):
https://index.hu/belfold/2020/07/19/a_lanchid_kritikus_hibai_amelyeket_meg_csak_kevesen_lattak_hidvizsgalati_jegyzokonyv/