[4] Rather than rebuilding the bridge, the top of the structure was redecked for use as the Overseas Highway (the existing deck inside the truss was too narrow for vehicular traffic).

The easternmost section remains open to pedestrian traffic and is maintained by Bahia Honda State Park.

Before being reused as a highway bridge, the Bahia Honda Rail Bridge carried a single track of FEC across Big Spanish Channel from Bahia Honda Key to Spanish Harbor Key.

Unlike other bridges on the Overseas Railway, the Bahia Honda has a steel truss construction.

[3] This was a necessary difference from the predominant concrete arch form of the other bridges[2] of the Overseas Railroad, as the channel is the deepest of those spanned, at 24 feet (7.3 m).