Already in 1868, the Hessian Ludwig Railway was obliged, under its concession for the Darmstadt-Worms line, to build a bridge over the Rhine as soon as its finances allowed.

An agreement was signed in 1894 by the city, the government of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and the railway company for the construction of the Rhine bridge as part of the reconstruction of Worms station.

All of the construction of the 961 metre-long structure was carried out by the Actiengesellschaft für Eisenindustrie und Brückenbau, a subsidiary of the Duisburg company, Johann Caspar Harkort.

These were built as truss bridges with the railway tracks running above parallel girders connected by timber framing.

The bridge was opened after two years and six months of construction on 30 November 1900 in the presence of Grand Duke Ernest Louis.

Due to the increasing weight of trains, the bridge decks were reinforced and a continuous ballast bed was installed in 1931-1932.

A three-span, pylon-less braced-truss bridge made of steel with a continuous beam was built on the axis of the old route and on the old foundations.

It consists of a two-track composite construction with two parallel beams connected by diagonal steel girders and a deck made of a concrete slab.

The longitudinal forces, including from braking and accelerating, are transferred to the ground at the eastern abutment, which forms the new fixed-point of the bridge.