Szentes–csongrádi vasúti Tisza-híd, Railway bridge over the Tisza between Csongrád and Szentes, Hungary.
The Szentes-Csongrád railway bridge is a steel structure that crosses the Tisza River and connects two towns on either side. The construction consists of three sections and spans approximately 500 meters in length.
An original bridge was built in 1903 but was destroyed in 1944 during the war. The current structure was completed in 1986 using modern engineering techniques.
The crossing predates the bridge: in the Middle Ages the village of Bőd stood between the two towns, and its ferry, the Bődi rév, served travellers for centuries. A memorial to the Hungarian Red Army stands at the Csongrád end of the bridge, and a plaque at the Szentes bridgehead commemorates Colonel Vastagh György.
The structure is an important point for train connections and is used daily, so it is best to observe the bridge from a safe location. Visitors can view it from either riverbank or from nearby paths.
The 1986 steel structure weighs 2,930 tonnes, making it the heaviest Tisza bridge in Hungary. Its 120-metre central span is the longest lattice span in the country, and the two 107-metre river spans also exceed the 80–90 metres usual on other Hungarian lattice railway bridges.
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