Megyeri Bridge
It is a cable-stayed bridge serving as part of the M0 motorway circumventing the city. Preparations for its building began on January 6, 2006. The bridge was completed on September 30, 2008.
The final structure spawns over two branches of the Danube with Szentendre Island in the middle where for environmental protection there is no exit. The eastern part of it is cable stayed and for being on the main branch is intended for safe passage for international river traffic, and all vessels that are currently authorized to pass through Budapest because of their manageability.
There are 4 lanes and 2 hard shoulders on the bridge, but they are wide enough to be expanded to 6 lanes and 2 hard shoulders should the ring road in the area be widened. The cable-stayed part of it is 590 m long, with a 300 m span.
See also Megyeri Bridge
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