Hungária körgyűrű (lit. ''

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beltway'' or ''Hungary boulevard'') is the longest and busiest

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, also the widest city street in

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. It is 13 km long and has 6–10 traffic lanes with a rapid

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line on the

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of the boulevard. It consists of three parts: Róbert Károly körút, Hungária körút and Könyves Kálmán körút.

Location

It starts by the Pester side of Árpád Bridge and crosses

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út, M3 motorway, Thököly út, Kerepesi út, Kőbányai út,

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, Gyáli út (

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) and Soroksári út. Róbert Károly körút part lies in

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( 13th district), Hungária körút (bordering the Városliget, where it meets Ajtósi Dürer sor) in Zugló (14th district),

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(10th district) and

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(8th district), Könyves Kálmán körút in Kőbánya, Józsefváros and

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(9th district).

History

The construction started in 1980, the first part was completed in 1984 with the new Árpád Bridge (2×3 traffic lanes and 2 tram tracks). To make way for the urban highway, the majority of the small houses on the planned route were

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. The last section was finished in 2000, Rákóczi Bridge was built in 1995. Nowadays the boulevard doesn't have a uniform facade: there are socialist block of flats and modern high-rise office buildings along Hungária körgyűrű.

Notable points

* Dagály Bath (''Dagály fürdő'') * Europe Tower ( Erste Bank Hungary Zrt. HQ) * Duna Tower (High-rise office building) * Árpád Bridge Bus Station (''Árpád híd buszpályaudvar'', suburban bus station) – Árpád híd (Budapest Metro) * Attila József Theatre (''József Attila Színház'') * National Police HQ - Metropolitan Police HQ - Pest County Police HQ (''Országos Rendőrfőkapitányság'', ''Budapesti Rendőrfőkapitányság'', ''Pest Megyei Rendőrfőkapitányság'') * Hungarian State

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(''Magyar Államkincstár'') * National Pension Insurance (''Országos Nyugdíjbiztosítási Főigazgatóság'') * National Health Insurance (''Országos Egészségbiztosítási Pénztár'') * State Medical Center - Central Hospital of the Hungarian Defence Force (''Állami Egészségügyi Központ - Magyar Honvédség Központi Kórháza'') * Post Insurer HQ (''Posta Biztosító'', insurer division of the state-owned

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) * Nyírő Gyula Hospital (''Nyírő Gyula Kórház'') * City Park ('' Városliget'') * Groupama Guarantee Insurer HQ (''Gropama Garancia Biztosító Zrt.'') * State Institution of

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(''Vakok Állami Intézete'') *

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('' Papp László Budapest Sportaréna'') * Puskás Ferenc Stadium (''Puskás Ferenc Stadion'') * Stadion Bus Terminal (''Stadion autóbusz-pályaudvar'', inter-city bus terminal) – Puskás Ferenc Stadion (Budapest Metro) * Zrínyi Miklós National Defence University (''Zrínyi Miklós Nemzetvédelmi Egyetem'', the national military academy of Hungary) * Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium (''Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion'') * MÁV - Northern Workshop (MÁV - Északi Járműjavító, vehicle repair workshop of the

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) *

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(''Ganz Művek'') * People's Park ('' Népliget'') *

HQ (''Magyar Államvasutak Zrt. székháza'') * Népliget Bus Terminal (''Népliget autóbusz-pályaudvar'', the central international and inter-city bus terminal of Budapest) – Népliget (Budapest Metro) * Groupama Arena * Szent László Hospital (''Szent László Kórház'') * Ferencváros Railway Station (''Ferencváros pályaudvar'', the largest freight station in

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) * Lurdy-ház ( mall) * Millennium City Center (''Millenniumi Városközpont'', cultural quarter built to the memory of the 1000-year anniversary of the Hungarian statehood) * Palace of Arts (''Művészetek Palotája'') *

Hungarian National Theater The National Theatre, located in Budapest originally opened in 1837. Since then, it has occupied several locations, including the original building at Kerepesi Street, the ''People's Theatre'' at Blaha Lujza Square, as well as Hevesi Sándor Sq ...

(''Nemzeti Színház'')

Sources

*Budapest City Atlas, Dimap-Szarvas, Budapest, 2011, *Preisich Gábor: Budapest városépítésének története, Műszaki Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 1998,
The strangest street in Budapest (with pictures, in Hungarian)
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