The bridge was allowed to be built here by the privilege of King Sigismund in 1538, connecting the Polotsk road, then the main road to the East, towards Moscow. On 1795 in one of the last battles of the army of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, along with Vilnius and Užupean rebels with the army of the Russian Empire attacking the capital, took place in here . The efforts of the Užupeans to save Vilnius were immortalized in J.Marcinkevičius' drama "The Cathedral". The current bridge was built in 1901 under the project of the engineer V.Malinovsky, survived a series of wars and battles at his approach. The length of the Užupis Bridge is 19.9 meters and the width is 9.68 meters.

On April 1 of each year, the border crossing point (BCP) for the pedestrians and passengers of the Republic of Užupis is being established and is called "Užupio Bridge".