In addition to one track of the High Rhine Railway at kilometer 413.5, it carries the Konzilstraße, the road that connects the borough of Petershausen with the city centre.

In the 19th century, distance markers were placed along the Rhine; they start counting kilometers at this bridge.

The construction of a wooden pile bridge in the flight of Rheingasse around 1200 CE is documented.

The wooden bridge superstructure, including the mills, were destroyed several times by fire and rebuilt, in at least 1548 and 1675.

The Gebrüder Benckiser company from Pforzheim built the sub- and superstructures, starting in October 1858.

The double-track railway bridge entered service as the Baden Mainline was opened on 15 June 1863.

The bridge sections were constructed in the factory in Mainz-Gustavsburg and transported by rail to the site where they were hoisted in place using a gantry crane and rivetted together.

This was possible because the Bundesbahn had abandoned its plans to have two tracks connected to the Konstanz main railway station.

The roadway was widened to 10.0 m. This bridge has separate superstructures for the road, the railway and the non-motorized lanes.

The piers and abutments for the railway bridge were designed to carry two single-track superstructures, of which only the eastern one has been implemented.

Each bridge had two steel girders with variable height and a horizontal top flange design, which was located above the roadway.

The bottom flange rests on the pillars and curves with a radius of about 100 m. In 1957, a third major carrier was inserted in the gap between the rail and road bridges.