Hugh Boyd purchased the 210-acre property, but resold it to John Errington, who dyked and drained the land in the 1880s.

Clearing the neglected land, he maintained a dairy herd, and tenant farmers grew sugar beet and peas.

[8] In 1939, the federal government expropriated the farm for airport expansion, and the Doherty family moved to Ladner.

[15] YVR owns and maintains this low-level two-lane bridge, with a pedestrian sidewalk on the west side.

[20][21] In 2014, a novice driver struck and killed a pedestrian, who was standing at the Russ Baker Way intersection waiting to cross.

[24] YVR has a goal to seismically upgrade the bridge, or build a wider replacement to better accommodate vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians.

[16] During 2014–2015, River Road was extended eastward along the former CP right-of way to the south end of the bridge.

From east of the bridge, the emerging 37-acre waterfront Lulu Island Park will replace the existing foreshore commercial infrastructure and paving.