The bridge was constructed for the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and was designed by a joint venture of Klohn Crippen Berger and Buckland & Taylor (now COWI North America).

[8] The Alex Fraser needed to be closed a few times during December 2016 due to the possibility of ice bombs; this caused major traffic problems in the region.

[9] To combat this issue, the BC government announced that a heavy lift helicopter will be used to blow snow and ice off the cables to prevent it from accumulating and falling onto the cars below.

[11] A reversible lane system with a movable barrier was added to help ease traffic during morning and afternoon rush hours.

The new seventh lane opened to traffic on September 14, 2019,[12] with the moveable reversible zipper in operation beginning December 16, 2019.