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Native name | Nagykörút (Hungarian) |
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Length | 4.5 km (2.8 mi) |
Width | 35–40 m |
Location | Budapest |
North end | Margaret Bridge |
Major junctions | Nyugati tér, Oktogon, Blaha Lujza tér |
South end | Petőfi Bridge |
Nagykörút, also Grand Boulevard or Great Boulevard (also called "Big Ring Road", "Grand Ring Road", "Great Ring Road"),[1][2] is one of the most central and busiest parts of Budapest, a major thoroughfare built by 1896, Hungary's Millennium. It forms a semicircle connecting two bridges of the Danube, Margaret Bridge on the north and Petőfi Bridge on the south. Usually the part inside and around this semicircle is counted as the city centre of Budapest (see Belváros).