Its design and construction suggest it dates from the 16th or 17th century. Until the last century a toll was charged at its entrance. During the Peninsular War a battle was fought here against the French army by local people led by several parish priests, under the command of the Marquis of La Romana. It has nine arches, all of ashlar, resting on ashlar piers with triangular cutwaters upstream and trapezoidal ones downstream. The deck is almost level in the middle and slopes down towards each end. Swimming in the river is one more attraction of this remarkable bridge.
