Passengers can now travel on the old rail alignment into Manchester for the first time since 1967.

At the time, a possible deviation of the rail alignment was considered to directly service the suburb of Innaloo.

The new rail alignment, totalling 2860 m, was ready to be opened on 1 August 1991.

The bridge connects rail alignments which were formerly part of the Harcourt Street railway line.

Public input did result in minor changes to the project, including light rail alignment and station locations.

However, the 2008 Citizens Advisory Council annual report commented on the opposition of community groups to surface rail alignments through residential neighborhoods.

Work to ease tight curves in the rail alignment commenced just north of the locality in 2011.

A station opened in Binalong in 1875 on the original rail alignment, which was bypassed with a deviation in 1916.

A light rail alignment to the Southwest of downtown Saint Paul has been previously discussed, but dismissed due to low ridership expectations.

In spring 2008, DART announced that it had considered 16 possible plans for a second rail alignment, and selected four for more detailed consideration.