This is the only extant bridge of seven that existed in the Guba region in the 17th-19th centuries. This longest bridge was built in 1894 by Alexander III in order to strengthen the Russian military presence in the Caucasus in place of a wooden bridge over the Gudialchay river erected in 1851. Originally it was planned to build a bridge with 19 spans. However, because of landslides which occurred during construction it was decided to have fewer.