Located three miles east of Lake Chelan, the bridge is part of U.S. Route 97 and averages 5000 vehicle crossings[2] per day.

[3] Seismically retrofitted in 2000, the Beebe Bridge was considered to be in very good condition following its last structural safety inspection in 2007.

[6] By 1947 the Beebe Orchard Company was the state's largest apple growing enterprise operated by a single family.

[6] The state began construction of the present bridge in 1959 and had completed the piers before the reservoir behind Rocky Reach dam, also known as Lake Entiat, inundated the site.

[4] On August 31, 2009 a semi-truck collision severely damaged the Beebe Bridge's steel trusses and beams forcing its closure.