The bridge of 1950 is a steel bridge with a vertical lift span and concrete approaches. It was built by J. P. Ewin, Inc. Contractors of Mobile Alabama at a cost of $233,728. Local resident Ana Belle Dupuis Hoffman Krewitz was the first to drive over the bridge in her Model "A" Ford. In honor of Breaux Bridge's reknowned status as the "Crawfish Capitol of the World", colorful crawfish were added to the overhead structures of the bridge.