Budapest’s most iconic landmark, the Chain Bridge, is due for an 18-month reconstruction. In plans just agreed by Budapest City Council, the renovation should cause less disruption to traffic than the originally proposed three-year rebuild. The bridge, dating back to 1849, will be widened to allow more pedestrians to cross at any one time. A start date for the work has yet to be announced.

Funding for the project, to the tune of 16 billion forints, will come from local government, supplemented by seven billion of state support. As outlined this June, reconstruction will encompass Chain Bridge, the tunnel below Castle Hill and Clark Ádám tér roundabout between them, as well as the tram tunnel on the Pest side.

As a separate project, the Hungarian government has called on the city mayor’s office and the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) to look into the possibility of re-landscaping Clark Ádám tér and, on the Pest side, Széchenyi István tér and József Attila utca.

The Chain Bridge was the first permanent span over the Danube. Conceived by pioneering statesman Count István Széchenyi, it was designed by English architect William Tierney Clark then built by his assistant, the Scot Adam Clark.

Destroyed during World War II, it was rebuilt and reopened only four years afterwards. Illuminated after dark, it remains one of the most revered sights in the city.

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