At Hindley Street it transforms into the start of the bridge which crosses North Terrace (at which point its name changes to Montefiore Road), the railway yards and the River Torrens.

From the late 1990s, a revitalisation of the "West End" of Adelaide was undertaken, which included the conversions of several old buildings (including the creation of the Lion Arts Centre in an old factory building) and the new University of South Australia's West End campus.

A large mural titled She Imagined Buttons was painted on a wall nearby by local artist Jasmine Crisp, which is intended to reflect the response of a fan to Sia's 2011 performance in Adelaide.

[7][8][9] Trinity Church Adelaide, established in 1836 as Holy Trinity Church in the earliest days of the colony of South Australia and listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate in 1980,[10] is on the north-eastern corner with North Terrace.

[11] The Lion Arts Centre is on the other side of the bridge, on the north-western corner, next door to the Mercury Cinema and JamFactory.