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The Northern Danube Bridge. on the M0 motorway. The brief story of the bridge. In 2005, the construction of the M0 motorway reached the bank of our main river, the Danube Then it was time to build a bridge… Otherwise, the cars would possibly fall into the water
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The Northern Danube Bridge on the M0 motorway
The brief story of the bridge • In 2005, the construction of the M0 motorway reached the bank of our main river, the Danube • Then it was time to build a bridge… • Otherwise, the cars would possibly fall into the water • Many specialists put their shoulders to the wheel, to come up with a great idea: now, one of the companies has done this.
About the bridge itself • According to the plans, this bridge’s going to be more than 1862 metres long, and also be the longest river bridge in Hungary. • Cable-bridge. • It’s going to be white… • Or black… • Or it’s going to be transparent. • And it costs more than 60 billion Hungarian Forints, without any EU supports.
About the bridge itself • By the end of the construction of the Northern Danube Bridge, our capital city’s (Budapest’s) traffic will be more adequate and smoother. • We could hopefully get to the country more easily, and it would also serve the simplification of the heavy traffic.
Interesting Facts • Once our Ministry of Transport called out a vote on their website for a new official name of the bridge. • …and there were several ideas the visitors came up with, like: • Hofi (22%) – he was one of our most famous actors • József Attila (2%) – a poet we’re proud of …and of course… • Chuck Norris… (5%) • Therefore our bridge was finally given the name: Megyeri Bridge
Visiting the construction • About a month ago, we visited the construction itself with the whole class. • An architect gave us a presentation on the different technologies being used during the construction with one of them that was developed by the Hungarian company. • Later that day we got on a boat that cruised around the pillars. • It was a little bit boring, but we didn’t mind it. • We got those cool yellow stuffs called safety caps