Renovation complete: Budapest Chain Bridge to open this week!

The renovation of the Chain Bridge was completed a month and a half ahead of schedule and within budget, Gergely Karácsony, the Mayor of Budapest, announced on his Facebook page. The bridge will open to pedestrians on Friday 4 August.

“On Friday 4 August, the sidewalks along both sides of the Chain Bridge will open to pedestrians. This inauguration also marks the end of the structural and monumental reconstruction of the bridge and is therefore a historic moment in the life of Budapest and our country,”

Mr Karácsony wrote on Facebook. “Meet us on Friday at the pride of the nation!” he added.

As we reported, at the end of June, Gergely Karácsony presented the results of the capital’s “Budapest Residential Assembly” (Budapesti Lakógyűlés) initiative. According to this, 80 percent of the 136,435 respondents decided to maintain the current traffic regime on the bridge. This meant that only public transport buses, taxis, motorbikes, cyclists and pedestrians will use the bridge. The bridge will remain closed to motor traffic from August.

Check out the amazing decorative lighting of the Chain Bridge HERE.