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Széchenyi Chain Bridge

the oldest bridge in Budapest
Place Chain Bridge Q465534

Facts

25 properties

Designation

Instance of
chain bridge, road bridge[4]
Heritage designation
historic monument of Hungary

Location

Country
Hungary[3]
Location
Budapest[11]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.499°, 19.044°, 🗺️ 47.499°, 19.044°[15][16]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Budapest[2]

Period and style

Inception
1839, 1949, 1840[12][13][14]
Architect
William Tierney Clark[5]
Architectural style
Renaissance Revival architecture[7]
Made from material
stone, iron[9][10]
More facts +15
Located in
Budapest
Carries thoroughfare
Adam Clark Square, Széchenyi István Square
Coordinates
🗺️ 47.499°, 19.044°, 🗺️ 47.499°, 19.044°
Crosses
Danube[8]
Date of official opening
1849
Distance from river mouth
1647.0
Length
375.0
Longest span
202.0
Named after
István Széchenyi (1915–present)[6]
Native label
Széchenyi lánchíd
Next crossing downstream
Elisabeth Bridge
Next crossing upstream
Margaret Bridge
Replaces
pontoon bridge between Pest and Buda
Structural engineer
William Tierney Clark[17]
Width
12.5
🏷️ Also known as
en Széchenyi Chain Bridge en Szechenyi Chan Bridge en Lánchíd en Széchenyi lánchíd en Lanchid en Chan Bridge en Szechenyi Chain Bridge en Szechenyi lanchid ar جسر سلسلة سيشيني cs Széchenyiho řetězový most cs Széchenyiho lánchíd da Kædebroen de Budapester Kettenbrücke de Lanchid de Széchenyi lánchíd de Kettenbrücke de Széchenyi-Kettenbrücke de Lánchíd de Szechenyi-Kettenbrücke de Szechenyi lanchid
🔖 Identifiers · 16
VIAF cluster ID
240090987
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh00006540
GND ID
4590121-1
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Budapest - Chain Bridge - panoramio.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM project ID
9288
Brueckenweb ID
164
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Szechenyi-Chain-Bridge
Freebase ID
/m/03yhw6
J9U entity ID
987007292870405171
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
323725
Museum-digital place ID
46309
Műemlékem.hu identifier
17
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
000636932
OpenStreetMap relation ID
19550337
Structurae structure ID
20000455
Topic's main category
Category:Chain Bridge, Budapest

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Carries thoroughfare 2
Adam Clark Square, Széchenyi István Square
Instance of 2
road bridge, chain bridge
Made from material 2
iron, stone
Architect 1
William Tierney Clark
Architectural style 1
Renaissance Revival architecture
Country 1
Hungary
Created notable works 1
William Tierney Clark
Crosses 1
Danube
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Budapest
Location 1
Budapest
Named after 1
István Széchenyi
Next crossing downstream 1
Elisabeth Bridge
Next crossing upstream 1
Margaret Bridge
Structural engineer 1
William Tierney Clark
← Next crossing downstream 1
Margaret Bridge
← Next crossing upstream 1
Elisabeth Bridge
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Summary

Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a chain bridge[1].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Széchenyi Chain Bridge's length is recorded as 375 m[18].

Designation and Status

Széchenyi Chain Bridge's heritage designation is recorded as historic monument of Hungary[19].

Related Entities

Hungary István Széchenyi

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . structurae.net. Retrieved . structurae.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . műemlékem.hu. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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