This bridge was erected between 1872-76 by a French company based on the planes of... The statues on the pillars were also designed by a French was called Thabart. The bridge was blown up in World War II and was reconstructioned in an wider form between 1946-48. The sections leading from the two banls of the danube join each other at the Margaret Island at an angle of 150 degrees. The bridge is 638 metres long.
