Erzsébet híd, Erzsébet Bridge or Elisabeth Bridge

Czekelius Albert és Kherndl Antal tervei alapján 1897-ben építették a régi Erzsébet hidat, mely akkor a földkerekség legnagyobb nagy fesztávolságú, mederpillér nélküli lánchídja volt. A 290 méter nyílású híd egészen 1926-ig tartotta e rekordot.
A hídat 1945. január 18-án a németek felrobbantották. Ez az egyetlen budapesti híd, melyet nem lehetett rekonstruálni. 1960-64 között egy teljesen új, ún. kábelhidat építettek a régi pilléreire Sávoly Pál és csoportja tervei alapján, mely pontosan utánozza az eredeti híd ívét.

It is situated at the narrowest part of the Danube, the bridge spanning only 290 m. It is named after Queen Elisabeth, a popular queen and empress of Austria-Hungary, who was assassinated in 1898. The original permanent crossing, a decorative suspension bridge, was built between 1897 and 1903, amid a corruption scandal.. The original Erzsébet Bridge, along with many other bridges all over the country, was blown up at the end of World War II by retreating Wehrmacht sappers. This is the only bridge in Budapest which could not be rebuilt in its original form. The currently standing slender white cable bridge was built on the very same location between 1961–1964, because the government could not afford to construct entirely new foundations for the bridge. The main spar cables of the bridge are hexagonal in cross section, composed of thousands of elementary steel wires of seven different diametres, partly because early computers were unable to provide solution for a circular cross section main cable batch. The novel design, planned by Pál Sávoly, was a first in Central Europe and not without weaknesses. Tram traffic and its heavy tracks had to be removed from the bridge in 1973 after signs of cracks appeared in the structure.