[7] In 2016, writers for the student-run creative magazine The Grail said, "Commissioned in 2008, this bridge was put in place with the Grove to provide easier passage to the new dorms and to discourage students from trudging off-trail through the canyon to get to the Northwest corner of campus.

[9] The bridge has been part of the course for the Reed 5K Odyssey, a race to benefit local elementary schools.

[3] In March 2013, during spring break, the bridge and other Reed College sites served as filming locations for the television series Grimm.

[2] It was closed temporarily in October 2014 after a tree fell on it because of strong winds and rain.

[11] In 2024, an art installation with 1,261 weathergrams bearing the names of people in Reed's Eliot Society estate planning program were temporarily attached to the bridge.