In May 1911, tenders were called for a new ferry service[1] immediately southwest of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) bridge.

[3] The double decked ferry, which could carry six teams of horse-drawn units and passengers, was gasoline powered.

[13] In 1919–20, the contracts awarded for a replacement vessel comprised the steel hull to Yarrows Ltd ($31,000) and engine to Westminster Iron Works ($10,080).

[21] After the new Mission Railway Bridge opened, CP rejected a request in 1910 for public use by wagon traffic.

Planks laid alongside the rails were attached to lengthened ties, which allowed single lane motor vehicle traffic.

In July 1955, when a span of the bridge collapsed, no users were injured, but the vital commercial link between the two communities was disrupted.

[27] In 1970, a major fire on the centre span of the bridge weakened the deck requiring a period of closure.

[31] In 1970–71, the fabrication and erection of structural steelwork was awarded to Canron Ltd ($1,038,450) and the supply and placement of fill for roadworks to Sceptre Dredging ($1,306,692).

[40] Canron, which prefabricated the 13 structural steel sections that form the box girders of the three main spans, barged these modules from its Vancouver yard to site.

[43] After four and a half years of construction, Premier Dave Barrett officially opened the bridge on July 7.

[44] The ceremony, which 1,500 people attended, included a parade of vintage vehicles and police cruisers, brass bands, jets flying past, and military personnel parachuting onto the deck from low-flying aircraft.

Renamed Terasen Gas, the company applied in 2006 to replace the line with a 30-centimetre (12 in) one placed beneath the river, but the application was denied.

[53] Apparently, the original bridge design included no-posts along the median, but this safety device was not installed.

[56][57] In August 2021, three days of emergency repairs required partial and complete closures to restore a bridge bearing.