The stone bridge, originally named Sonji Bridge, is 8.35 meters long and 3.36 meters wide. Though short, it became famous for a historical event.

On the bridge Jong Mong Ju, a high-ranking official in the late period of Koryo, was killed by followers of Ri Song Gye seeking a new dynasty.

It has been told that after his death, a bamboo came up on the spot where he was killed, and since then the bridge has been called Sonjuk Bridge (juk means bamboo).

In around 1780 his descendants, in the hope of preserving the bridge as historic relics, closed it up with stone parapets and built another one near it for traffic.

The Sonjuk Bridge, believed to be one of the oldest stone bridges remaining in Korea, is well exhibitive of the then architecture and masonry.

Seen in the place are a stone monument with an inscription "Sonjukgyo" (Sonjuk Bridge) written by Han Sok Bong, a noted Korean calligrapher of the middle ages, and other monuments.