From 1889 to 1925 there was a railway line between the Danish cities Horsens and Silkeborg but after it was closed the bridge near Vestbirk was covered in earth and stones for a dam at the the Gudenå.
2014 it was discovered and the dam removed. Today it's used as a pedestrian bridge for the area going down to Bryrup to the last site of the railway line between the stations Bryrup and Vrads where an oldtimer train tours during summer.