It crosses the county line to connect the towns of Lyndhurst in Bergen and Nutley in Essex,[1] originally taking its name from the Kingsland section.

The bridge is 10.7 miles (17.2 km) from the river's mouth at Newark Bay, and is required to open on four hours' notice.

Rededicated July 14, 1981, in memory of Joseph Carmine De Jessa,[4] a U.S. Marine and the first Lyndhurst native killed in the Vietnam War, the bridge was significantly rehabilitated in 1984.

Bergen and Essex have requested that the bridge be re-built by the NJDOT and are acquiring land for a widening of right-of way along approach roads to it.

[7][8] In December 2014 the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) recommended funding for the concept development for the replacement of the bridge.