[3] The ferry was in the estuary, and accidents frequently resulted from harsh winds and high seas,[4] and crossings were impossible for several days.

During the reign of Qingli in northern Song dynasty, one of the Quanzhou locals, Lichong, used stones as piers and wood as deck to build a floating bridge to help passersby cross the river; however, it was destroyed by water more than once.

During the construction, they encountered many problems including the lack of funds, the extreme difficulty of building seven of the bridge piers and the deck.

In the July of the 3rd year (1058) of Jiayou's reign, Cai Xiang was appointed as the chief of the Quanzhou prefecture, and then he actively participated in the construction of the bridge.

He called on donation, cultured oysters to fix the piers, and took advantage of the ebb and flow to successfully build the deck.

In the December of the 4th year (1059) of Jiayou's reign, the construction was completed, and Cai Xiang wrote "The Wan'an bridge" to memorialize it.

[6] From the northern song dynasty to contemporary times, eight pagodas and fengshui towers have been built around Luoyang bridge.

Luoyang bridge had been repaired and maintained 17 times from its completion to 1993, among which the one made in the 8th year (1138) of Shaoxing's reign in southern Song dynasty was the first.

In Jiajing's reign of Ming dynasty, barracks were built on the Zhongzhou island, the middle part of Luoyang bridge, to resist Japanese pirates.

It has north–south orientation, extending from the dyke made of stones, passing an island called "Zhongzhou" in the middle of the river, and entering Luojiang district in its south end.

Cutwater can be found in the upstream of the pier bottom, whose sharp end is slightly cocking-up, a "raft foundation".

Those sculptures all have Han nationality (the majority group of people in China), wearing hamlet and armor, holding long sword in hands.

The existing pavilion is, in fact, reconstructed on the basis of the body in the late Qing and early Ming dynasty, after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

[13] In 2006, some people ignored the rule and made food stalls inside the pavilion which stands in the center of Luoyang bridge.

[14] The waste came from cooking might have damaged the stone bridge, thus municipal law enforcement department took action and changed the situation by removing the stalls.

[17] In 2008, severe deposition and piles of wastes in both river ways had affected the fishermen's life, and also raised the tension in terms of conservation of the bridge.

[18][19] Quanzhou municipal government planned to invest 7 million RMB to tackle this problem,[20] improving the environment and clearing the river way.