During Florida's British Colonial period from 1763 to 1784, the King's Road crossed this location over Pellicer Creek, Hulett Branch, and swamp wetlands on wooden bridges and raised earthen causeways. This crossing became known as Double Bridges because two spans stood unusually close together. Remnants of the road remain visible in cuts through high sandy bluffs and in sections of causeway, including a longer stretch on the south side of Pellicer Creek. Although the bridges are gone, surviving piers and extensive earthworks mark a crossing where causeways and bridges extended about 625 feet across swampland on an important 18th century route linking St. Augustine and New Smyrna. Commissioned in 1772, this major work was intended to strengthen East Florida as the British Crown's 14th colony, and Double Bridges and the Old King's Road were entered in the Florida Master Site File as historic sites 8SJ4892 and 8SJ4893 in 2002.