Chain Bridge
CountryHungary
Year Built1849
Total Length375 m
TypeSuspension
About Chain Bridge
Budapests first permanent bridge over the Danube. Designed by William Tierney Clark. The lion statues have no tongues according to legend. Destroyed in WWII by retreating Germans. Rebuilt and reopened in 1949, exactly 100 years after the original.
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