[4] It was opened free to the public with no toll in 1830 and later gave its name to the suburb of the city on the north bank.

[4][6] The bridge has five spans of dressed granite, and rounded cutwaters that carry up to road level to form pedestrian refuges.

[4][7] It now carries four lanes of the A956 road, and is the last bridge on the River Don before it meets the North Sea.

[8] Around the area of the bridge is the Donmouth Local Nature Reserve, designated as a LNR in 1992.

[9] Near to the bridge are a number of World War II era coastal defences, including a pill box.