It carries four lanes of U.S. Route 2 (US 2) and US 97, as well as a bicycle and pedestrian pathway that is part of the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail.

A bridge crossing the Columbia River in Sunnyslope north of Wenatchee had been proposed since the 1960s to bypass a section of US 2 through downtown Wenatchee that crossed the Columbia River on the Senator George Sellar Bridge.

Construction began in 1971 and was completed in 1975, including a narrow bicycle/pedestrian trail and two highway lanes, which were later expanded to four.

The bridge was dedicated by 300 people, including local mayors and state highway officials, on September 5, 1975.

[citation needed] The bridge was renamed in May 1991 for Richard Odabashian, a state transportation commissioner from Cashmere.