The construction of the steel girder bridge was started in 1992 to the plans of Tibor Sigrai.
[3] Its Pest end is a station of Csepel HÉV, and the venue of the new Hungarian National Theatre (2002) and the Palace of Arts (2005).
The Reconstruction of the tram 1 and the bridge passage line section were built together.
The bridge was planned to be reconstructed by January 2015, but the opening was delayed, due to the demands of the National Transport Authority.
They required one more load test with 1000 tons and after that they opened the extended tram section.