At the turn of the Vilnelė riverbed, the river was once crossed by the building of women's convent of St. Bernard's of the Convent of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, with its arches leading to St. Church of St. Francis of Assisi. When the building collapsed in 1839 another bridge was built next to former building, the author of project – lieutenant Dilobil of Russian imperial army. During the construction of the building of the former Art Institute in Soviet times, the present bridge was built to bring in building materials and stays nameless.