There are two undivided traffic lanes and one sidewalk on the east side of the bridge.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction on the bridge in 1948 and it was opened to traffic in 1949.

[2] An older vertical lift drawbridge was destroyed on July 28, 1942, after being struck by the tanker Franz Klasen.

The Chesapeake City vertical lift span was constructed between 1924 and 1928.

The bridge carried U.S. Route 213, connecting George Street on the south side of the canal with Lock Street on the north.