Wentworth Point is a new suburb, having been designated under this name only in 2009[1] and rezoned by Auburn Council from industrial to (mostly) residential use in 2013.

[2] Before the bridge was built, Wentworth Point had only two road connections to the rest of Sydney and no access to rail transport except via Olympic Park railway station, some distance away.

The western part of Rhodes, facing Homebush Bay, is also a newly redeveloped area, having been turned from industrial use to commercial and residential use only after extensive remediation works due to soil contamination from its decades of industrial use, which were completed in 2011.

[8][9] Local state MPs John Sidoti and Luke Foley officially opened the bridge.

To combat this, a bus lane camera was installed in November 2016 whereby motorists illegally using the bridge are fined and gain a demerit point.