Budapest - Outer Ring

(Local Name: Nagy körut) The 4km (2 1/2mi) long Outer Ring (Nagy körut) starts at the east end of Margaret Bridge in the north and then continues in a semi-circle, almost parallel to the Inner Ring, around the city of Pest to the east end of Petofi Bridge. The Ring, which was opened to traffic in 1896 and along which can be seen many imposing buildings dating from the end of the last century, follows the course of an arm of the Danube which has been filled in although, in 1867, proposals had been put forward to make it navigable for ships.