[1] The Jefferson Avenue Bridge carries West Jefferson Avenue (known south of the river as the U.S. Turnpike) across the Huron River, which connects Brownstown Charter Township in Wayne County to Berlin Charter Township in Monroe County.

Along with the Clinton–Kalamazoo Canal and Main Street Historic District, it is one of three properties listed on the National Register in Michigan to span two counties.

Both bridges are located about one mile (0.6 km) inland from Lake Erie on a historically important route between Detroit and Toledo.

[2][4] The new beam bridge was built high enough to ensure it could remain stationary and still allow small vessels to pass beneath it.

It carries the sparsely traveled Harbin Drive over the Silver Creek Canal, which drains into the Huron River.