Linking Hope with the northwest shore, the two-lane bridge carries BC Highway 1 on an upper deck.

[1] Following the establishment of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) station across the Fraser from Hope in the mid-1880s, First Nations ferried passengers across the river.

[6] However, Luke Gibson, who had a steamboat charter for 3 kilometres (2 mi) either side of Hope for several years prior, appears to have maintained that operation[7] at least until 1912.

[11] The Canadian Bridge Co was awarded the superstructure, which comprised four 73-metre (238 ft) steel through Howe truss spans.

[15] In September 1914, railway track was laid from the CP main line to deliver steel for the superstructure.

[14] The bridge connected the Kettle Valley Railway (KV) with the CP main line at Petain (renamed Odlum in 1940).

[25] In 1945, the dousing of a grass fire beneath the southeastern end of the bridge averted damage to the trestle.

[34] In 1970, when a truck crashed into the safety rails, the ejected driver landed on the street 15 metres (50 ft) below.

[38] In 2001, a head-on collision between two trucks was the sixth death on the southeast end curve since the mid-1990s reconstruction.

[41] In 2008, a truck smashed through a row of barricades, three lampposts, and the bridge deck barrier and railing, before leaving the tractor teetering over the edge with the trailer dangling below.