North of the interchange, Township Road 533 but towards the bridge, the four-lane, divided SR 872 begins.

Near the north bank of the river, the bridge crosses the state line where SR 872 ends and WV 2 Spur begins.

[3] The Dilles Bottom section of Mead Township and Moundsville had been connected by a toll ferry since 1951.

Plans for the bridge began during the end of Arch Moore's term as governor but went into limbo due to a state moratorium on building projects at the time.

[7] In the 2011 independent film Margin Call, a character named Eric Dale played by Stanley Tucci boasts of designing a bridge between Moundsville and Dilles Bottom, Ohio in 1986.