Built in 1949 by the Pioneer Construction Company, the structure is the only suspension bridge open to traffic in Arkansas.

[2] The bridge was bid on December 19, 1947, to Pioneer Construction Company of Malvern, Arkansas.

The construction foreman who led the project was M. R. Blair (1914-2014), who later served as lead foreman on numerous bridge and highway projects across Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee, and who led the construction of numerous dams, highways and bridges throughout the southwestern United States, including the 1964 Big I interchange of Interstates 25 and 40 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Since the construction was coincident with the building of Table Rock Dam, completion was delayed until 1949 as the United States Army Corps of Engineers required the bridge to be raised 40 feet (12 m).

Upon completion, the bridge remained a vital link for the citizens of Beaver until its closure for major deck rehabilitation in 1981.