Commissioned in 1900, the bridge served trains plying between Howrah and Madras.

[citation needed] It is the earliest of three bridges that span the Godavari River at Rajahmundry.

The Bridge was named after Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, the then Governor of Madras.

Frederick Thomas Granville Walton served as the Engineer-in-chief assisted by executive engineers R.A.Delanougerede, F.D.Couchman, J.E.Eaglesome.

In 2008 the Municipal Corporation of Rajahmundry passed a resolution expressing willingness to take up the beautification project.