The bridge is located just upstream from Lake Monroe,[3] crossing the Indian Mound Slu portion of the river between Lake Monroe and Lake Jesup; by the 1970s the original bridge, only 14 feet (4.3 m) in width, proved dangerous and too narrow for continued use, being described as "the worst bridge in Florida" in 1972.

[4] In 1973, mats of invasive water hyacinth caused damage to the bridge's structure.

[1] The new bridge opened in April 1977, and was officially named the Douglas Stenstrom Bridge in 1978, after a Florida state senator Douglas Stenstrom who had pushed for the completion of the project.

[2] Part of the previous bridge was left in place, serving as a fishing pier.

[9] A second parallel bridge was completed in 2015 to support the widening of SR 415 to 2 lanes in each direction.