Széchenyi Chain Bridge

It was the first permanent bridge between Buda and Pest. Count István Széchenyi championed it, the Englishman William Tierney Clark designed it, and it opened in 1849; until then the river was crossed by boat or pontoon bridge. The German army blew it up in 1945 and it was rebuilt for its centenary.

Since a full restoration finished in 2023, private cars no longer use it, only buses, taxis, bikes and pedestrians. Four stone lions guard its ends, and on the Buda side Clark Ádám tér connects with the castle funicular.