Most prestigious construction award won by futuristic Hungarian bridge

Monostori Bridge won the Építőipari Nívó Díj. The name of the award the Hungarian bridge received is hard to translate, but it is close to Construction Excellence Award. But what does this prestigious acknowledgement actually mean?

In 2021, the Monostori Bridge – Komárom-Komárno Danube Bridge received the Construction Excellence Award in the Transport Facility category, wrote Nemzeti Infrastruktúra Fejlesztő Zrt. on their Facebook page. In their post, they added that the awards were given based on the decision of a panel of 18 judges.

The Facebook post contains information about the importance of bridges in Hungary. According to the caption, Hungarian bridge construction is currently living its golden age. This is indicated not only by the number of new bridges but also by the fact that many larger bridges are not only built by bridge designers but also architects.

The Monostori Bridge, which won the prestigious acknowledgement, was built with a technology that was never used in Hungary prior to this bridge’s construction.

The bridge was built in the course of three years and it is 600 meters long, wrote 24.hu. The architectural site connects the Slovak Révkomárom and the Hungarian Komárom. Thus the bridge connects two countries as well. It was inaugurated in 2020 in the presence of the Hungarian and the Slovak head of government.