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THE MARGARET BRIDGE<br />
The Margaret Bridge of Budapest<br />
was constructed as the second<br />
permanent bridge in the capital over<br />
the course of almost 4 years. Lenthy<br />
negotiations and legal wrangling<br />
plagued the project. In connection<br />
with the construction of the Chain<br />
Bridge, formerly in private ownership,<br />
a law had been passed that<br />
before 1936, stating no new bridge<br />
over the Danube could be built within<br />
8 km of the position of the Chain<br />
Bridge. Finally the Chain Bridge was<br />
redeemed by the Hungarian state<br />
and preliminary work on the construction<br />
began. The 607 metre long<br />
bridge, which today links Margaret<br />
Island with St Stephen Boulevard<br />
and Margaret Boulevard, was put<br />
into service on 30 April 1876. The<br />
side bridge linking to the island was<br />
not completed at this time, and up<br />
till 19/08/1900 (present the date<br />
formats onsistenly) the island could<br />
only be approached by boat.<br />
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