Tunnel (Alagút)
  I. kerület, Víziváros, Clark Ádám tér


The tunnel under Castle Hill - a common language, or simply Tunnel - 350 feet long and the Chain Bridge (Adam Clark Square) connects the Krisztinaváros. Széchenyi István need to have raised. Ürményi Joseph in 1850 the ensemble has built up. The construction began in 1853, designed by Adam Clark. In 1865, was opened to traffic. 1918 had to pay fees for the use. The east gate eclectically classical style. West Gate was destroyed during the war, it was rebuilt in 1949.

 

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XIX. century, the beginning of the plan has also been published in a connecting Pest and Buda to construct a permanent bridge over the Danube. This bridge could account for an area that is easily accessible, not yet built and the city is relatively close to the center. Two such places have been considered: one for today March 15 Tabán space and the other is today's Roosevelt Square and the area between the rows. While the former was less than the distance between the two banks, but the bed is narrowed due to rapid streams, springs and the works have been significantly hampered. The decision versions of the Castle Hill, however, so the future of the bridge approach Vizivárosi the Tabán Krisztinaváros and places would have been quite uncomfortable, as soon as the castle would have had to climb down from there in the Buda abutment.

In 1837, Daniel Novak engineer has proposed that a tunnel linking Buda and Pest together. This is a sloping tunnel incision was started in the parish Krisztinaváros beside and across the Danube in Budapest have been discovered in the street Mázsa surface. Despite the fact that by this time have built a tunnel in London, this plan was unworkable, so a year later, the author has put forward a more modest version.

In 1842, István Széchenyi Hill suggested the drill-through. In 1845 adopted the final draft, which is similar to Novak plan, but engineer from Clark.


Section of the tunnel plan

Reputation at home and abroad went to the tunnel construction, the news report also provided several pages about it already in 1845 and 1848, when the work has not started yet. The construction company was granted the iránytáró drilling is planned to be started in April 1848 have been added, but in the meantime the revolution broke out. Haynau later, Alexander Bach, and then failed because of the work since it relied on the strategic role of the Castle. The Austrians saw an attempt of the tunnel plan, which is intended to undermine the strength of the Castle.

Joseph Ürményi reorganized company building the tunnel. Franz Josef 800 tons of gunpowder in the building in exchange for free passage of the army was providing the facility.

The Governor's Council in 1845, yet the condition imposed on the design: first the workers a 4-foot-tall, 3 feet wide tunnel to carry two mountain sides. Later it was extended in 1851 with the passage of two strong wrought-iron gates to be closed, so as to prevent the vent through the tunnel to the castle can not access any bombers.

Austrian officials in addition to many other people were also wary, because many of the plan was considered suspicious because it was authorized. Many people were convinced that the hand of Vienna which is the only mean bad luck for us. And almost everyone agreed that the tunnels will not be launched from two directions meet each other.

The miners were only a thin wall between the grooves, which is the 1853rd On 25 October the company's management in the presence of the tunnel broke through the entrances and yellow and black flags lobogózták up. The company's president, Joseph Ürményi Szechenyi hailed his speech, and then unfurled after the partition, the guests went over the hill below.

The tunnels so they met each other against it, so that the work is accelerated. Clark, governor of the decree that tentatively the first time only two one-meter-wide tunnel is build, has been ignored. The St. George area is recessed 39 feet deep pit hordatta off the rock. A kerosene lamp provided illumination.

1856th March 6, the cost of the work so far progressed that the permeable for pedestrians, the tunnel was made. Then the people still under the mine timber, high noise and dust are often large, had access to it, was still free.

The Castle Hill over a period of seven and a half months have drilled over 9.5 meters in width and 349.66 feet long. The center is only 7.83 meters in height in the lighting of the entrances to rise 10.6 meters. Inside, it was nevertheless necessary gas lamps. The wall was then covered with tiles, the stone was sold out on the Danube embankment construction. The eastern facade is neoclassical Clark, romantic western gate was designed by Louis Frey. The total work 524 thousand forints.

1857th April 30 is the vinyl profiles for the opening of the tunnel, but then the gates were not yet ready. From that date, all passers-by had to pay a pennies a pedestrian, the owners of three one-horse wagon, the wagon owners kétlovas and six pennies were required to give the toll-collector. Even small amounts of this income has been received pretty well, the first two months of 5968 to Ft enriched the owners.

The wealthy citizens of Pest and Buda Castle soon became fashionable during átkocsizás. But others are happy to have visited the tunnel, especially in the evening, when the gas lamps shining in the area is flooded with light.

Only fully completed in 1858 after the construction. Reitter Ferenc doorways of the tunnel, completed in Budapest kiépítője piers. The governor declined to vasrácsokról, gateway to the Danube and the simple, noble lines of decoration has become a Pest-Buda.

The turn of the century gave way to gas lighting, then the electric lights from 1915.

In 1918, the usage fee was abolished, then in 1919, initially covering the road over the stone replaced wood frames. In 1944, the building is damaged, the recovery took place in 1949. The west gate was reconstructed after the plans Benkhard Augustus. Then the road was asphalt, and the 6-foot widened visible to 6.90 meters. In 1973, the tunnel of Buda, Pest and Buda unification of the centenary of refurbished and upgraded.


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 Designer: William T. Clark
 Construction year: 1856
 Function: tunnel
 
 

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Az Alagút 1858-ban

The tunnel entrance Krisztinaváros, 1880. The tunnel entrance Krisztinaváros, 1910.

Classical side toward the entrance to the Chain Bridge Tunnel is designed by Adam Clark, keystone 1856th September 10, solemnly affixed his direction. Krisztinaváros side toward the romantic facade of Clark's death in 1866, after Frey designed by architect Louis Buda was built in 1868-69 (see above), and then destroyed in World War II (below).


The tunnel entrance Krisztinaváros, 19
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