The bridge is carries Shevchenko Street over the Strizhen River and it is located just near the Museum of Military History, Park Miskyi Sad and Chernihiv Stadium.

[1][2] On the beginning in the 17th century on the Strizhen River, there were Bishop's ponds, aimed at servicing the mills located on the corresponding dams.

This transition probably could have appeared as early as the 1660s; as of 1706, it has already been marked on the "Abris of Chernihiv" - the oldest discovered plan of the city.

So, it is known that already in 1786, the governor of Chernigov A. Miloradovich demanded a major overhaul of the covering of the roadway of the bridge with the so-called thick forest, instead of the fascinator and vines adopted at that time.

In a short time, it was restored, but the new height of the bridge turned out to be inconvenient for travel, therefore, in 1900, work was carried out to lower it by about a meter, for which 500 rubles were spent from the city treasury.