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 Budapest, Hungary. It's 13 km long and has 6-10

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s with a rapid

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

Location

It starts by the

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side of

Árpád Bridge Árpád Bridge or Árpád híd is a bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connecting northern Buda ( Óbuda) and Pest across the Danube. Until the inauguration of Megyeri Bridge in 2008, it was the longest bridge in Hungary, spanning about 2 k ...

and crosses

Váci út Váci út (Váci Avenue, lit. ''Road to Vác'') is one of the widest and busiest avenues in Budapest, Hungary. It is about 12 kilometers long and has four to eight traffic lanes. Location It starts by the Grand Boulevard next to Nyugati ...

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

Üllői út Üllői út (Üllői Avenue, lit. means "Road to Üllő") is a major transport artery in Budapest, Hungary. Üllői út is the longest avenue in Budapest. It is 15.6 km long and nearly perfectly straight. It starts at the edge of Inner City ...

, Gyáli út (

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) and Soroksári út. Róbert Károly körút part lies in

Angyalföld Angyalföld (german: Engelsfeld; literally: "Angel's Field or Angel Land") is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. Administratively it belongs to the 13th district. The traditionally working-class neighbourhood went through a process of gentrifi ...

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

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(14th district),

Kőbánya Kőbánya (literally: Quarry, ) is the 10th district of Budapest () and one of the largest by territory. It is located in southeast Pest, easily accessible from the downtown by Metro 3, whose terminus is named '' Kőbánya-Kispest''. It ...

(10th district) and

Józsefváros Józsefváros (german: Josefstadt) is the 8th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is the part of the city centre in the wider sense as one of the 18–19th century older suburbs, close to Belváros. Location The main streets in Józsefváros ...

(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

(2x3 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,

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was built in 1995. Nowadays the boulevard doesn't have a uniform facade, there are 100-year-old rural houses, socialist block of flats and modern high-rise office buildings along Hungária körgyűrű. According to some sources, it is one of the strangest streets in Budapest.

Notable points

* Dagály Bath (''Dagály fürdő'') * Europe Tower (

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Hungary Zrt. HQ) * Duna Tower (High-rise office building) *

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'') *

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(''Puskás Ferenc Stadion'') * Stadion Bus Terminal (''Stadion autóbusz-pályaudvar'', inter-city bus terminal) –

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* Zrínyi Miklós National Defence University (''Zrínyi Miklós Nemzetvédelmi Egyetem'', the national

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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 (''

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'') *

HQ (''Magyar Államvasutak Zrt. székháza'') * Népliget Bus Terminal (''Népliget autóbusz-pályaudvar'', the central international and inter-city bus terminal of Budapest) – Népliget (Budapest Metro) *

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* Szent László Hospital (''Szent László Kórház'') * Ferencváros Railway Station (''Ferencváros pályaudvar'', the largest

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) * Lurdy-ház (

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) * 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'') *

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(''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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