It spans the Tech River with a single arch of 45.45 metres (149.1 ft).

Damaged during the war of the First Coalition (1792-1797), French general Luc Siméon Auguste Dagobert wanted to blow it up to keep the Spanish army from going back to Catalonia.

The bridge was saved just before being destroyed thanks to the action of Representative Joseph Cassanyes and restored later.

[1] The locals wanted a bridge to be built across the river and called upon the devil to build it for them.

Then for many years afterwards no person would cross, just in case – a legend common to many devil's bridges in France.