Sunday, April 6, 2008

Megyeri Bridge
The Megyeri Bridge, previously known as the Northern M0 Danube bridge, is a new cable-stayed road bridge currently under construction that will span the River Danube between Buda and Pest, respectively the west and east sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. As a continuation of the M0 motorway, it will be the last section to complete the M0 ringroad around Budapest. The bridge will be 4 km long and will cost 61.9 billion forints (approx. US$300M). It is due to open in August 2008. It has received much media attention due to the naming poll started to name the bridge.

Results
On September 28, 2006, it was announced that the bridge will be named "Megyeri Bridge", even though that name did not make it to the second round. The Hungarian Geographical Name Committee justified the final name by explaining that the bridge connects Káposztásmegyer and Békásmegyer.

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