[1][2][3] It carries Council of Europe Boulevard across the River Tees, Northern England.

Teesdale Business Park in Thornaby is to the south, and to the north is the northeast of Stockton town centre (at the north end of Riverside Road at a gyratory system).

[5] The bridge was commissioned by the Teesside Development Corporation[1] and built at a cost of £3 million by Tarmac Group.

After the death of Diana, Princess of Wales the bridge was fitted with two memorial plaques.

[9] Just downriver of the bridge is the River Tees Watersports Centre hosting watersports such as rowing, canoeing, waterskiing, jet skiing and dragon boat racing.