Pál Álgyay-Hubert

194744_fortepan_212341.jpg Horthy Miklós Bridge was built eighty-five years ago - After the post-war reconstruction, it became Petőfi Bridge The Petőfi Bridge is perhaps the least known bridge in inner city Budapest. It is not a spectacular creation, it is not photographed by visiting tourists, but still, from a traffic point of view, it is one of the most important crossings in the city. The bridge was handed over 85 years ago, on 12 September 1937, back then it was called Horthy Miklós Bridge.
When the ramp of the Elizabeth Bridge was widened, moving the church also came up, in the end the sidewalk was lowered In the 1930s, the car traffic in Budapest was already so high that the Pest bridgehead of the Elizabeth Bridge had to be rebuilt in order to avoid permanent traffic jams and the risk of accidents. Even the relocation and even demolition of the Inner City Parish Church was discussed, but instead the designers chose an imaginative and inexpensive technical solution. The new ramp of the bridge was completed on 17 July 1936.

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