[2] The bridge is 107 metres (351 ft) high and spans the valley of the river Wupper, carrying the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway between the cities of Remscheid and Solingen.

[3] After the end of the monarchy the bridge was renamed after the nearby settlement of Müngsten, which is close to the city limits of Solingen, Remscheid and Wuppertal.

Preparatory work began in 1893, first breaking of the earth was on 26 February 1894, and the bridge was finished in 1897.

[3] A total of 1,400 kg (3,100 lb) of dynamite and 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) of black powder were needed during construction of the foundations, and around of 5,000 tonnes (4,900 long tons; 5,500 short tons) of iron and steel were used in the bridge's construction, with 950,000 rivets holding the structure together.

However, high future traffic growth projections led to the redesign as a dual-track bridge.