 The bridge was destroyed in battles between Emperor Frederick III and the Counts of Celje in 1442.A bridge already crossed the Sava in the area in 20 BC, in the Roman period, linking the towns of Emona, Celeia, and Neviodunum.The current road stone bridge over the Savinja was built by order of Archduke John of Austria in 1824–26 following plans by the engineer Friedrich Byloff and linked the town of Celje and the Lower Sava Valley.