The Vera Bridge appeared on the map of Tbilisi almost at the end of the XIX century, to facilitate the connection between the railway district and central part of the city.
Its construction took place from 1880 to 1883, before that, the banks of the Kura River in the Chugureti area were connected only by a ferry crossing.
The bridge was designed by engineer A. Umansky.
The width of the bridge was 10.5 meters (7.5 meters for the roadway and two sidewalks of 1.5 meters each).
The bridge was opened to traffic on February 10, 1885.
During the Soviet period, the bridge was renamed in honor of Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), and later it bore the name of Elbakidze (a revolutionary who attempted to assassinate Denikin’s General N. Baratov in 1919).
Its current name was given in 2001, in honor of the Georgian poet Galaktion Tabidze (1892–1959).