It was the second stationary bridge over Dnieper with the construction supervision conducted personally by Amand Struve.

This railroad truss bridge was initially named after its constructor, engineer Struve.

Standing on 13 piers, it consisted of dozen 292-feet-long sections resulting in size of some 480 sazhens (1440 fathoms).

During this period of time (1860s-1870s) Struve was involved in various other construction projects as well, such as the installation and improvement of the city's utilities network.

On February 17, 1870 the first train by the Kyiv-Kursk Railways company crossed the bridge to the Kyiv railroad station.