 The road was named after Devil's Tower, a 17th-century watchtower which formed part of the northern defences of Gibraltar as mentioned in the Treaty of Utrecht.In 2007, the Government of Gibraltar announced plans for a new airport terminal and diversion of traffic along Devil's Tower Road, with a new access road that would link Devil's Tower Road and the Gibraltar-Spain border.The new access road would pass through a tunnel at the eastern end of the runway.