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It represents one of the basic steps in the knowledge of the technology of passage: it is a massive structure built with the material that very commun at the time: stone (with all its limitations: it can only withstand compression, impossible to mould, etc.). It has a single span with little light (impossible to determine as it is half-buried by the sediments dragged by the river) and it has an undetermined origin (in the village it is said to be Roman, although the manufacture may indicate that it is Muslim and was built as a communication route to the Alpujarra).
It is very pearly, with large walls built in stone factory joined with some kind of mortar. This characteristic, as well as its curious profile and the fact that the river no longer passes underneath (the bed runs about 3 metres to the right) are its most outstanding features.
If it is located downstream of the other three bridges, at the bottom of the ravine, and is not visible except from the voussoir bridge.
