In November 2022, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners voted to rename the bridge in honor of the Native Americans who originally lived on Sauvie Island.

The $900,000 bridge, equivalent to $11.4 million today,[5] was designed by the Oregon Department of Transportation and built by Gilpin Construction.

Green in color, the bridge was 41 feet (12 m) wide and carried two lanes of traffic and had sidewalks on both sides.

The main span, a Parker truss, sat 80 feet (24 m) above the water line and handled an average of 3,800 vehicles per day.

[9] A coalition of Portland community groups, including the Pearl District Neighborhood Association and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, supported the idea.