[1] The construction of the bridge was planned by the Xunta de Galicia to connect the two banks of the Lérez River at the beginning of the 1990s as part of a large urban planning project for the development of the north-eastern area of the city, on the drained land of a former Marshland.

The project included the construction of the Pontevedra Congress Hall and a cable-stayed bridge to serve it as a northbound exit from the city.

The jury of the preliminary design competition for the bridge, chaired by the Regional Minister of Public Works, José Cuíña, announced its decision on 15 December 1991.

On 13 May 1995, the structure was subjected to a load test, with a total of 480,000 kg distributed over 16 trucks which caused a maximum deformation of 19.3 cm on the lower deck.

Once this load test was successfully completed, the bridge was opened to traffic on 26 May 1995 and from then on it became one of the symbols of the modernity of the city.