The bridge was designed by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin and links the Casbah to Sidi M'Cid hill.

The bridge underwent restoration in 2000 when 12 of its cables were replaced by the Algerian company SAPTA.

[3][4] Constantine was an important city of 50,000 people when Émile Morinaud took over as the mayor and member of parliament in 1901.

[5][6] The Monument of the Dead is on one side of the bridge on the Sidi M'Cid hill.

The monument is a replica of the Arch of Trajan in Timgad and commemorates the people of Constantine who laid down their lives fighting for France in the First World War.