This pedestrian bridge was designed to cross the Ter River, which has the unusual feature of a 16 foot (5 m) difference in height between the two banks of the river.

The footbridge connects La Devesa with a railway station across the river.  As with the Gentil Bridge in Paris, the arch counters the tendency of the bridge to rotate due to the weight of the cantilevered walkway.

The height difference is handled by keeping the bridge's walkway at the higher bank's level until it is fully across the river, and then reversing direction with a stair that leads the pedestrian down to the lower bank's ground level.