Thursday, May 24, 2018

Bridge Tour

On Wednesday we met up with a dude near the Liberty Bridge.  This bridge is the shortest of all the bridges in town, bridging the gap made by the river between Buda and Pest, and the only one that didn't get fully destroyed in WWII. With its impressive steal design it was only damaged in the middle and not smashed to bits to float down the waters of the Danube River like the many other bridges in town. When the bridge was first build the emperor put in the last rivet which was made of silver in a secret location in one or the bridges trusses.
In the summer of 2016 the bridge was closed to the traffic of cars, trams, and busses for construction near the bridge so the people decided to go out on the bridge and have a picnic on it so for a few months the bridge was just a party spot!

1 Comments:

At May 24, 2018 at 1:36 PM , Blogger Shayne Taylor said...

It is also interesting that the spacing around the support beams on the bridge was expanded due to the rust from the salt (used to de-ice the road). It was expanded to allow the flow of ice and water down the pathways.

 

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