The bridge is located on the Gentioux-Pigerolles communal territory, five kilometers north, on the road to Saint-Marc-à-Loubaud.
In the past centuries, local peasants used to cross the Taurion using the Senoueix bridge in order to reach one of the water mills built along the river.
The moor landscape surrounding the bridge and the river is used to herd small groups of cattle during spring and summer time.
Many postcards sold in the Limousin region feature the bridge as a charming and emblematic landmark.
The lands surrounding the bridge are essentially bog and acidic ground, which allows only a particular type of vegetation to grow Deeper underground is mostly granite as is the whole Southern area of Creuse.