The intersection with Hatanpään valtatie was built in the 1920 after the Finnish Civil War, when building a highway in the place of houses partly destroyed in the civil war became possible. Planning the construction of the present-day Hämeensilta started in 1923 and the bridge was completed in 1929. In the early 1930s the eastern end of Hämeenkatu was lowered because of the tunnel underneath the railway and the new railway station. From 1948 to 1976 Hämeenkatu had trolleybus traffic.