The eastern end leads to the Augusta Highway towards Adelaide, Victoria and New South Wales.

[1] In 2012 it was named after Joy Baluch who had been mayor of Port Augusta for forty years.

An engineering report identified that the structure of the 90-year-old timber bridge was failing and needed significant investment to remain safe for public access, so the bridge was closed.

Both bridges will have two-way shared pedestrian/cycling paths separated from the road traffic.

[8] The contract for detailed design and construction was let in March 2020 to the Port Wakefield to Port Augusta Alliance, a consortium of CPB Contractors, Aurecon and GHD Group.