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, Buda]] , Pest]] At its two ends are:
The bridge was built between 1894 and 1896 to the plans of János Feketeházy. Although radically different in structure, the bridge imitates the general outline of a chain-type bridge, which was considered an aesthetically preferable form at the time of construction. The bridge was opened in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph ; the last silver Rivet on the Pest Abutment was inserted into the iron structure by the Emperor himself, and the bridge was originally named after him. It is 333.6 M in length and 20.1 M in width. The top of the four masts are decorated with large bronze statues of the Turul , a falcon-like bird, prominent in ancient Hungarian mythology. Many Trams cross the twin-road bridge, which is also heavily burdened with car traffic, and there is an initiative to convert it to a pedestrian-only crossing once the fourth underground metro line is completed in Budapest in the coming decade. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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