The River Overlook is one of three nodes along the bridge. The view of the river and land beyond is featured, while native shrubs obscure the highway underneath. Stainless steel Spirit Baskets by Native artist Lillian Pitt stand at the center of the circular overlooks. Images similar to ancient petroglyphs from the Columbia River Gorge area are cut into the metal basket.

Along the walkway, reddish brown and black insets are laid out in Chinook basketry patterns. The word for ‘River’ is written in nine Native languages written on stainless steel panels.

The twelve-foot decomposed granite walkway weaves from side to side of the forty-foot span of the bridge. Curved planting beds outline the walkway, and resemble an undulating topography with concrete sides that rise and fall.

The bridge was engineered to support the heavy weight of large-scale plantings growing in tons of soil–essentially a green roof on the bridge. Consulting engineers KPFF set foam within the concrete deck to lighten it, and designed retaining walls of mechanically-stabilized earth with concrete facings.