The exact date of the bridge's completion is unclear, though evidence points to the mill and the bridge being installed in 1697. Modern engineers estimated it would have taken two to five years to finish the structure, which used arches to support the surface in a simple design that dates to the Roman Empire. To this day, parts of the bridge look identical to the way they did at the birth of the 18th century, when its builders could have stood along the creek's banks to admire their finished work.