page_title: Bridges of Budapest
section_title: Gubacsi Bridge
hierarchical_section_title: Bridges of Budapest / Gubacsi Bridge
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: Gubacsi híd
context_page_description: The bridges of Budapest, crossing the River Danube from north to south are as follows:
context_section_description: It spans the narrower branch of the Danube bordering Csepel Island.
  First in the 1870s a dam was built at the location of the future bridge. This dam provided the traffic over land with access point to the island. In the 1920s the transit for ships was made possible across the narrower branch of the Danube, and the dam was demolished. The bridge was built in its place. The northern half of the bridge served rail traffic (both cargo and commuters) and the southern part served the road traffic. The retreating German army destroyed the bridge during the Siege of Budapest in 1944.
  It was rebuilt in 1947. During a restoration of the bridge in 1978 the commuter rail line crossing it was disestablished, and the infrastructure serving the rail-cargo was reduced to one track.
caption: Gubacsi Bridge
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