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This narrow stone bridge carries a country road over the East Looe River just over a mile north of Looe in south-east Cornwall. The Grade II-listed bridge dates from around 1825.

On the east bank are the remains of the Liskeard and Looe Canal which terminated at Terras Bridge. In 1825, an Act was passed to construct a canal from Terras Bridge, north alongside the East Looe River to Moorswater on the outskirts of Liskeard, thus linking Liskeard with the tidal waters at Looe. This enabled tin and copper ore from the mines on Bodmin Moor to be taken by a tramway to Moorswater where it was transferred to the canal. It was transferred to ships at Terras Bridge and then carried down the river to the port at Looe.

Eventually the canal was replaced by a railway which in turn was converted to passenger use and became known as the Looe Valley Line. New stations were built at Liskeard and Looe.