The Land Bridge crosses over Highway 14 and the railway line, to reconnect the Columbia River to the end of the historic Klickitat Trail, and to Fort Vancouver. A quarter-mile walk over the bridge now replaces what was a three-mile drive from the Fort to the riverfront.

Landscaping and planting design for the Land Bridge create a sense of the original ecosystems of the site. From the bottomland hardwoods area of the river end, the plantings create a transition to a prairie area, and then to a grasslands area at the opposite end of the bridge, near the Fort.

Visitors who walk along the bridge are invited to stop at three viewpoints: the River Overlook, Prairie Overlook, and Village Overlook.

The curving bridge overpass forms an arc that implies a large circle. This circle of connection also recalls a round basket, with basketry patterns appearing on the walkways and buttresses of the bridge. From above, the fragments of pattern along the walk can be read as the partially revealed form of a giant basket.