[3] The contract for the work was signed on 13 May 1933,[4] with the steel superstructure to be constructed by Dorman, Long & Co., while the substructure and earthworks were assigned to Christiani & Nielsen as subcontractor.

[5] The Storstrøm Bridge was opened by King Christian X on 26 September 1937; the ceremony was attended by more than 40,000 people.

[6] On 18 October 2011, Banedanmark announced the immediate cancellation of rail traffic across the bridge after a crack in one of the spans was discovered.

[11] The bridge has 49 piers of different heights, extending to a maximum water depth of 13.8 metres.

Each pier rests upon concrete foundations cast on the excavated bed of the sea, inside a cofferdam.

[15] As the bridge was found to be in poor condition in 2011, Banedanmark was tasked with investigating different long-term solutions.

[16] Parliamentary agreement to build a replacement for the Storstrøm bridge was reached on 21 March 2013,[17] and the construction act (Danish: anlægslov) was passed on 26 May 2015.

[18] The new bridge is commissioned by Vejdirektoratet and preliminary designed by Danish companies COWI, Dissing+Weitling and Hasløv & Kjærsgaard.

[19] In October 2017, it was announced that a joint venture of the Italian companies Itinera, Condotte and Grandi Lavori Fincosit had been selected to build the bridge with the design of Studio de Miranda Associati.

Dreyer, one of Denmark's most famous filmmakers, normally known for his drama productions, made a short documentary about the bridge.