The concrete box girder bridge was opened on 14 December 1986 by the Prime Minister of Australia, Bob Hawke, and is owned and maintained by Transport for NSW, an agency of the Government of New South Wales.

The Pacific Motorway is the main road link between Sydney, the Central Coast and the Hunter Region.

The only other road that links all three regions is the Pacific Highway (B83) which from Cowan to Kariong follows a scenic winding route.

[3] Whilst planning for a new high-speed freeway-style traffic link between Wahroonga and Beresfield began in 1952, it was not until April 1963 when construction of the first section of the F3 Pacific Freeway started, between the Hawkesbury River and Mount White, completed in December 1965.

The three span haunched girders on the bridge were critical to this as were the multiple piers that provide character and strength.

[7] On 23 October 2004 a semi-trailer's brakes failed coming down the Freeway and caused a pile-up involving 35 vehicles that had slowed down as a result of a car accident on the other side of the bridge.