Spectacular! The new Danube bridge in Komárom is connected – photos

This is currently Hungary’s most spectacular construction site where, in the end, the bridge will provide a new opportunity for border crossing between Slovakia and Hungary. The deadline set for the inauguration is summer 2020.

Magyar Epitok reported that the final section of a new cross-border bridge over the Danube River between Komarom, Hungary and Komarno, Slovakia was fixed in place on Tuesday. This final section of the total of 36 has a length of 15 metres and weighs around 80 tonnes.

Because of the winter break, work will continue only next spring with the insulation and the asphalting of the bridge. Furthermore, it still has to be protected from corrosion, handrails and lane markings should be placed on it, together with public and decorative lighting. Finally, a monitoring and alarm system will be put into operation with warning signs for ships and planes.

According to the schedule, the bridge, built by the Hídépítő Zrt. and the Mészáros and Mészáros Ltd., will be opened for the public in summer 2020. The technical handover and takeover process will be finished by the end of next May, and after that, the authorities of both countries have to issue the necessary permissions and allow the use of the bridge for the public. Therefore, the expected opening of the bridge is at the end of June 2020.

The bridge is specific because the pylon close to the Slovakian side is biased. The 118-metre-high pylon’s function is to hold the upper structures of the bridge. There is

20 thousand cubic metres of concrete built into the bridge,

which weighs 7 thousand tons plus the cables with their 320 tons.