The bridge was originally built during the 16th century Ottoman rule, destroyed in the 1993 conflict, and was later overhauled and rebuilt with funding from the World Bank, UNESCO, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the World Monuments Fund.
Most, koji je prvotno sagrađen tijekom otomanske vladavine u 16. stoljeću, uništen je u sukobu 1993, godine, a kasnije je popravljen i obnovljen sredstvima Svjetske banke, UNESCO-a, Zaklade Aga Khana za kulturu i svjetske spomenike.