The Szabadság (Liberty) Bridge is located at the southern end of the city center connecting Gellért square (at the foot of Gellért Hill, with the Gellért Hotel and Spa) and Fõvám square (with the Great Market Hall and nearby Budapest University of Economics). It is 333.6m in length and 20.1m in width. The bridge was built between 1894 and 1896 to the plans of János Feketeházy. Although radically different in structure, the bridge imitates the general outline of a chain-type bridge, which was considered an aesthetically preferable form at the time of construction. The top of the four masts are decorated with large bronze statues of the Turul, a falcon-like bird, prominent in an ancient Hungarian mythology. The bridge was opened in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph, who drove home the last silver rivet on the Pest abutment himself. There is an initiative to convert the twin-road bridge to a pedestrian-only crossing once fourth underground metro line is completed in Budapest in the coming decade.