The new Danube Bridge will be an iconic symbol of Budapest − PHOTOS, VIDEO

The main goal of the construction of the new Danube Bridge is to ease the traffic in the city centre and to promote the development of the southern parts of Budapest. The Galvani Bridge, jointly designed by the Dutch UNStudio and BuroHappold Engineering, and the connecting boulevard will integrate the radial highways and motorway entry sections to the capital. This month, the project reached an important stage: with the public procurement announcement, the planning of the tram lane passing through the bridge has started.

The idea of a new river crossing in the southern part of Budapest was included in city development plans already in the 1980s. In the early 1990s, the General Assembly of Budapest specified the location, but the dreams were never realised due to the lack of resources. In 2018, the government finally decided to build a bridge to reduce traffic through the city centre and on the other bridges of the capital, Ujdunahid reported. According to the estimates,

the new bridge will enable a 30% reduction in traffic on the Chain Bridge, Erzsébet Bridge and Szabadság Bridge, and a 10% reduction on traffic on the Petőfi Bridge. Thus, the number of vehicles going through the city centre will be reduced by 55,000 each day.

The investment will be implemented in one of the most exciting areas of ​​Budapest in terms of urban development. The areas of South Buda and South Pest have developed significantly in recent decades, and the new bridge will help to exploit the potential of North Csepel, Újbuda and Soroksári Road.