[2] In the area between the bridge and Victoria Square are the Floral Clock, Law Courts, Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings, Our City and the Scott Statue.

[4] Edward George Wright, a civil engineer and contractor,[9] won the contract of building a bridge over the Avon River at Cashel Street and completed the work in May 1873.

The cornerstone was laid by Lord Jellicoe, Governor-General and Admiral of the Fleet on Anzac Day, 25 April 1923, when the religious blessing was invoked by Archbishop Churchill Julius.

[3][4][13] From King Edward Barracks further west on Cashel Street,[14] soldiers crossed the Avon River at this location, marching off to the railway station in Moorhouse Avenue to fight in three wars.

[8] Those timelines were not met and whilst structural repairs were completed by December 2015 for $6.7m, the Bridge of Remembrance re-opened to the public and rededicated on Anzac Day, Monday 25 April 2016.

[13] Symbolic features of the memorial include a cross, torches, coat of arms, laurel wreaths, Latin inscription, fascines and rosemary decoration.