A replacement double track railway bridge was first used on 10 October 2010 and formally opened in December 2010 in order to permit trains to cross the river more rapidly.

Under the terms of an international convention dated 2 July 1857 between Baden and the French government it was agreed that a railway bridge should be constructed across the Rhine between Kehl and Strasbourg.

In order to sink the piles into the Rhine mud it was necessary to construct protective caissons extending 18 metres (59 ft) below the river level.

The superstructure weighed approximately 1000 tons, and was assembled on the west (Strasbourg) bank of the river on a site 450 metres (1,480 ft) long.

With the outbreak of war in the late summer of 1939, French troops blew up the bridge's main western support.

In July 1945 U.S. engineering troops constructed a military kit based provisional single-track bridge.

On 14 March 2006 France and Germany agreed the framework for the construction of the extended high speed LGV Est railway line.