[1][2] Its foundation stone was laid on 1 November 1878 under the supervision of British district magistrate and collector for the Indian Civil Service, Frederick Growse.

[1] An executive engineer informed the British government in India that it would be an "eye-sore" and in visual obstruction of the bridge, resulting in a two-year delay of construction.

[2] The river serves as a boundary to the east of Bulandshahr, and the bridge receives the main roads entering the town, resulting in the towers forming a landmark site for approaching visitors.

[3] John Lockwood Kipling noted that Growse had ensured it was locally financed, built in adherence to traditional Indian practices, and was "untouched by European training".

[3] An appendix in Growse's Bulandshahr; or, Sketches of an Indian district; social, historical and architectural (1884) displays the names of those that provided finances for the building of the ghat.