Often mistakenly identified as Roman or Medieval, this bridge was built at the initiative of the second Lord of the town, Don Julio César Scazuola y Juzén. It is likely that it replaced a wooden bridge that would have been there before. The works, which began in May 1637, were led by the master stonemason Juan de la Torre, and had to be completed in just a few months, since it was used as an obligatory crossing point for the road to Valencia at the time.
The bridge was very effective against floods and cost very little to build. It was built with a rounded profile and stonework tympana over a single semicircular arch of large ashlar blocks. Towards the middle of the bridge, an angle forms over the base, making it a true feat of architecture.
The original structure lasted less than a century as, in the summer of 1706 during the War of Succession, the non stop passage of Austrian troops and the war machinery of Archduke Charles, together with the huge flood that hit in the winter of the same year, weakened it and led to the collapse of its only arch.
Twenty years later, it would be rebuilt according to the original model. Since then, it underwent significant restoration in 1998 and 2013, which sought to maintain the original features of the structure and preserve the original materials.
