The original wooden bridge was built in the Middle Ages; there is a clear reference to it in the fourteenth century.

[2] It was completely rebuilt in stone in the early seventeenth century (1615–17).

[1] A plaque on the parapet records the widening of the bridge on both sides in 1878–80 under the architect Edwin Seward of Cardiff, stating, This bridge was widened 1879 from designs by the County Surveyor, David Roberts Contractor.

[6] At the southern, Wyesham, end of the bridge, and now largely concealed by road-widening, are two pillboxes dating from World War II.

The Wye Bridge pillboxes formed part of Western Command Stop Line No.