[2] Panther Hollow Lake, a recreation spot, lies just west of the bridge.

The Panther Hollow Bridge was one of the many Schenley Park improvements completed during the tenure of Pittsburgh director of public works Edward Manning Bigelow.

Construction began in August 1895[3] and the bridge was opened to vehicular traffic in November 1896.

They were sculpted by Giuseppe Moretti and cast by the Gorham Manufacturing Company in Providence, Rhode Island.

In October 2024 it was closed "amid an abundance of caution" due to the deterioration on at least one of the four steel trusses holding it up.