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Budapest's Chain Bridge Now Fully Renovated - Ahead of Schedule

• 1 Aug 2023 10:04 AM
• Hungary Around the Clock

The renovation of the Chain Bridge has been completed within budget, and six weeks before the deadline specified in the original contract, Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony announced on his Facebook page.

Renovation work began in March of 2021.

The sidewalks on the bridge will open to pedestrians from Friday, August 4.

Karácsony confirmed that only public transport buses, taxis, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians will be allowed to use the bridge, in line with the results of a voting exercise in June.

He said 79% of the 136,435 people who filled in the questionnaire supported the decision, so the bridge will remain closed to car traffic.

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