Wikiepedia: The then running Ottakringer Bach already crossed to the Roman imperial period a limes road at this point. 1295 the high bridge was mentioned for the first time, at the time as a simple wooden structure. After already around 1200 the Ottakringer Bach and later an East–West in the same bed arm of the Alserbachs were derived and subsequently the trickle has been filled up, a brick bridge with Gothic pointed arch served as a road bridge from the middle of the 15th century. In the 18th century, a chapel for a statue dedicated to the Holy Nepomuk (Patron Saint of bridges) was built on the bridge.
 
 There was a new of high bridge from 1857 to 1858. The bridge built in the neo-Gothic style was built of bricks and equipped with a stone parapet as railing. The arch was designed as Tudorbogen, the chapel was again raised.
 
 In 1903 began a renewed building, which had become necessary following a widening of the Wipplingerstrasse. Completed in 1904, the bridge was built after plans of the architect Josef Hackhofer in the art nouveau style. The external fronts were covered with marble and the bars of iron railings with ornaments. The two previous buildings were depicted in the corner areas. The inner side walls are designed as business portals with shutters, which are however pure ornament, because the depth behind the shutters is only around half a meter.
 
 From 1979 to 1981, the bridge was instandgesetzt General, 1996 was a repair, where among other things a new lighting concept for the bridge was implemented again. Today the building stands under monumental protection and has a roadway with sidewalks on both sides. Via a staircase you reach ditch by the Wipplingerstrasse on including remote depths.