Since the Middle Ages, it has held the same name as a town gate standing in front of it – the gate Kowalska (eng. Blacksmith's Gate). The wooden bridge was in use for several centuries, undergoing many overhauls and modifications. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was a five-span wide and flat town bridge. In the second half of the 19th century, when it was reconstructed to become a brick bridge, Slupsk residents enthusiastically renamed it to the bridge Kamienny (eng. Stone Bridge). It played its role in the city landscape for almost 80 years. On 8th March 1945 it was mined and blown up by withdrawing German forces. After the Second World War, it was restored (a three-span concrete road bridge) and in December 1947 was given for use by vehicles and pedestrians. For over 50 years it remained unnamed, even though Slupsk inhabitants tended to call it a district administration office bridge or a court bridge. In 2000, when the bridge was closed for use between January and August, the city got a communication shock widely commented in local media. By the way, it came out that most Slupsk bridges had no name. A committee formed by Slupsk journalists and councillors announced a contest “Nazywamy mosty” (eng. Let's name bridges) which finally turned out to be very merciful for old historic bridge names. After a general overhaul during the city's millennium celebrations in September, the bridge was officially renamed to the bridge Kowalski (eng. Blacksmith's Bridge). again.

A German name of the bridge situated next to Kilinskiego Street has got an interesting history. At the beginning of the 19th century areas of today's bridge were pastures for horses of a Slupsk hussar regiment. In 1849, when a bridge on Slupia was built, it was named the bridge Prezydenta (eng. President Bridge). Ewald von Frische, a president of Regierungsbezirk Köslin (a German name for Koszalin administration district), spent a great sum of money on modernising Slupsk town streets at that time. Clever residents first gave a title of a honorary citizen of Slupsk to Ewald and later, when he kept high expenditures on construction of streets from granite cobbles, e.g. in 1851, they named a street after his position. Further in time, they also named a bridge laying next to this street after him. Along with the bridge, almost a whole district was developed – a neighbourhood of today's Police Academy and Kaszubska and Partyzantow Streets. However, they quickly forgot about this doer. In 1933, when Presidentenstrasse running along the bridge was renamed to Hindenburgstrasse, Slupsk officials agreed that the bridge also belonged to Field Marshal Hindenburg. On 8th March 1945 the bridge was blown up but it was reconstructed in the post-war period. A name the bridge Kaszubski (eng. Kashubian Bridge) was officially given in September 2000. This is a three-span concrete road structure with traditional reinforced-concrete ice aprons put onto two pillars.

Eng. Virgin's Bridge. A bridge next to Kosciuszki Street was given for use most probably in 1926. It takes its name after nuns from a Premonstratensian convent who had one of their numerous properties in today's Kosciuszki Street. The old name was used up to the 1950s but it was forgotten later. It was brought back in September 2000. This is (similarly as the mentioned road bridges) a flat concrete structure with three spans installed on two pillars. Just behind the bridge there is the pond Labedzi (eng. Swan Pond) that is separated from Slupia only with a high dyke with a passage for pedestrians and bicycles. In 2004, the bridge was temporarily closed for road traffic as it underwent a general overhaul and its spans were raised a little bit.

Eng. Swan Bridge. A bridge on Slupia River situated near a city pond next to Orzeszkowej Street most probably laid in 1930. This is a steel construction with a single span and arched beams with steel covering. Its name has been in effect since September 2000.

Eng. Railway Bridge. A railway bridge built in about 1870 (the first you can see in the photograph) because of construction of a Szczecin-Gdansk railway. The second bridge, for the narrow-gauge Slupsk District Railways on a Slupsk-Kepno Slupskie-Zelkowo-Dargoleza track, appeared a few years later. A Slupsk-Dargoleza line was given for use on 14th August 1897. After the First World War, it was reconstructed to become a standard-gauge railway. In 1945, the railway was removed. Both the bridges are reinforced-concrete structures with five spans and four pillars. They are typical railway bridges.