[1] The bridge consists of four steel through truss spans, each 70.71 metres (232.0 ft) in length, for a total length of 287.12 metres (942.0 ft), which carries a two lane open steel grid deck roadway.

[2] Vehicles over 5 tons will be rerouted to the Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing located 33 kilometres (21 mi) west or the Saint Leonard–Van Buren Bridge located 41 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Edmundston.

[1] In November 2023, a spokesperson for the U.S. General Services Administration said that the new bridge wouldn't open until the Spring of 2024 because of delays in the construction of the U.S. Customs House building.

The first US border station at Madawaska was a small white cabin at the end of the bridge.

For many years, Canada had a small wooden border station with a red roof.