Bridges have a long tradition at the mouth of the River Nahe. The first was built a decade before the birth of Jesus. At that time, Drusus fortified the left bank of the Rhine to mark the borders of the Roman empire by building fortifications and had a wooden bridge built over the Nahe.
After it was destroyed in 70 AD there was the first stone bridge, which became a victim of the Normans in 891.
Archbishop Willigis built a new stone bridge over the Nahe a hundred years later. In the bridgehead on the east side there is a small early Roman chapel made of stone from the banks of the Nahe, in order to give the bridge the protection of the church.
In 1689 it was destroyed by the French, but was rebuilt in 1772.
A special commando blew up the bridge in March 1945 before the approaching allied troops could reach it. Today the Drusus bridge also plays an important part in the appearance of the town.