Built in 1954, it crosses the river to the Charbonneau section of Wilsonville, carrying Interstate 5 into the open Willamette Valley from the Portland metropolitan area.

Maintained by the Oregon Department of Transportation, the 1,111-foot-long (339 m) bridge has three travel lanes in each direction.

[3] In 1953, Oregon began construction of a highway bridge just east of the ferry landings to carry what became Interstate 5.

[4] The four-lane, north-south aligned bridge was finished in 1954 and opened to traffic in July, with the ferry ending service at that time.

[8] The fatal crash led to a temporary reduction in the speed limit.