Originally built between 1801 and 1806 by George Burn, it was partially destroyed in the Muckle Spate of 1829, with two of its arches being washed away.

Archibald Simpson repaired the bridge in 1831 with a single timber span, which was reconstructed in cast iron in 1853.

[6] Records show that a ferry, known as the boat of bog, crossed the Spey at or around this location since at least the mid-thirteenth century.

[9] The 5th Duke of Gordon commissioned Archibald Simpson to repair the structure between 1831 and 1832; this was done with single span supported by a timber arch.

[4] The carriage was widened in the 1960s,[6] when it carried the A96 between Aberdeen and Inverness,[1] but was bypassed around 1970 by a new steel and concrete bridge a short distance downstream, and retained as a footbridge.