It was built in the form of a single truss beam, repurposing the existing piers of the Prince Tomislav Bridge.

On the last train car that crossed the bridge a poster was placed that had "Jel Vam žao što se rastajemo?"

[5] Like most communist streets and neighborhoods in Novi Sad, the bridge would change its name from Marshal Tito to Varadin in 1991.

[1] [2] Due to its importance as a major traffic artery connecting Bačka and Syrmian end of the city, the bridge was destroyed at the early days of the NATO bombing of Novi Sad on 1 April 1999.

[1] Oleg M. Nasov, a 29 year old citizen of Novi Sad, died due to the bombing while riding his bike near the bridge.

[2][3] The famous Yugoslav sculptor, Jovan Soldatović, would open up an exhibition at the ruins of the Varadin Bridge on 14 April, at the height of the intensive bombing of Novi Sad and Yugoslavia.

The set up an exhibition composed from the installation Dođe li rat – odoše ljudi (made in 1972) at the Novi Sad side of the bridge's ruins.