The bridge carries Station Lane over the River Trent and its floodplains which mark the boundary between Staffordshire and Derbyshire.

It consists of a metal truss vehicular bridge supported on two brick abutments with a concrete central pier.

Only one traffic lane is provided, with tidal flows controlled by signals at both ends of the bridge.

The brick abutments date from an earlier bridge, with the central pier being contemporary to the steel structure.

The river banks in front of the east abutment and the central pier are reinforced with pitched stones but some of these have been lost to flooding.

The cost of £5,500 was made through the sale of £10 shares and the company derived an income from the collection of a toll on travellers.

[7] Concerns have also been raised by local residents about vehicles disobeying the red light signals and motorcyclists and cyclists illegally using the footway.