This bridge crosses the Okawa River (old Yodo River) over the "Sword Saki" of Nakanoshima. It is said to have been built around 1594, but the original bridge had no name and was called "Shinbashi". As it was under the management of Tenjin Shrine in Tenma, it was later given the name "Tenjinbashi". In 1634, it was designated as a public bridge along with eleven other bridges. Among them, it is familiar as one of the "Three Great Bridges of Naniwa" along with Tenmabashi and Naniwabashi, and is even sung in a children's song, "Tenjinbashi is so long, it's scary if you fall off." It was also one of the bridges that played an important role in the early modern period, as the story goes that when the Oshio Heihachiro Rebellion broke out, the shogunate quickly destroyed the three great bridges, including Tenjinbashi, to prevent the rebel army from entering. It was washed away in a major flood in 1929, and was replaced with an iron bridge in 1932, which was the longest span road bridge in the country at the time. The current bridge was rebuilt in 1934 to coincide with the expansion of Matsuyamachi-suji. It is 210.7m long and consists of three lightweight steel arches and concrete arches at both ends.