József Beszédes Bridge, Road bridge in Dunaföldvár and Solt, Hungary.
The József Beszédes Bridge is a road bridge at Dunaföldvár that links the Dunántúl region with the Alföld. It carries the 52-es főút between Kecskemét and Dunaföldvár, connecting the 6-os főút on the right bank with the 51-es főút on the left. The rebuilt structure is 492 m long and 13.2 m wide, with a navigable opening 74 m wide and 8.85 m high at river kilometre 1560.56.
The bridge was built between 1928 and 1930 as a key connection across the river. It was destroyed during World War II but was rebuilt in 1951 and has served traffic ever since.
The bridge is named after József Beszédes, a reform-era engineer who directed river regulation works; he died in Dunaföldvár and lies in the town cemetery. Locals also call it the dunaföldvári or simply földvári bridge. From 1940 to 2000 it also carried trains on the Dunaföldvár–Solt line.
The bridge carries the 52-es főút between Dunaföldvár and Kecskemét, linking the 6-os főút on the right bank with the 51-es főút on the left. The navigable opening is 74 m wide and 8.85 m high above the water at the 1560.56 river-kilometre mark. A pedestrian pavement runs along the northern side.
The 2000-2001 reconstruction replaced the structure entirely rather than preserving it: 1,500 tonnes of steel were used, the railway track was lifted, the roadway received an asphalt surface and a pedestrian walkway was added on the north side, at a cost of 3.8 billion forints.
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