It has a length of about 331 meters and is made up of 16 arches, although it originally had 17.

It was one of the most important means of entry to the city from the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula as it was the only point to cross the river without using any type of boat. Probably the Via Augusta that went from Rome to Cádiz passed through it.

At the beginning of the Muslim rule, around the year 720, we find references to the first great reconstruction by the Vali Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani.

We find the defensive tower of La Calahorra at its southern end and the Puente gate at its northern end. The latter was made by the architect Hernán Ruiz II in 1572, mistakenly called by the Cordovan people as the Arc de Triomphe, although it never had this function, but was one of the gates of the old wall.

In the center of the bridge is the San Rafael Triumph, the oldest of the Triumphs, dating from 1651, the work of the sculptor Bernabé Gómez del Río.

In more recent times, the Roman Bridge became the access to the city for travelers who came from the south of the same, so the southern faithful of the city was located at the door of the Bridge (office at the entrance of populations in which consumer rights were paid). In addition, the Bridge was an integral part of the N-4 national highway, being crossed by travelers coming down from the center of Spain to the south and vice versa.

On May 1, 2004, it was converted into a pedestrian bridge, after the construction of the San Rafael bridges in 1953 and the most recent Miraflores in 2003, being closed to motorized traffic from its first vehicles almost a century ago.

In 2002 it was the scene of the Spanish film Carmen. Also in 2002 Pedro Almodóvar would record his film Talk to her at the Roman Bridge.

In 2014 it was used to record some scenes for the fifth season of the Game of Thrones series, serving as the setting for the Volantis bridge.