Built in 1892, the Androscoggin Swinging Bridge has two steel A-frame towers, each 30 feet 6 inches (9.30 m) in height, mounted on concrete abutments.

The bridge has helped thousands of people walk to and from the Cabot Manufacturing Company cotton mill building located on the other side of the river in Brunswick.

[4][5] In 1891 the Topsham Land Company decided that a footbridge spanning across the Androscoggin River would be a safer, more direct route than the Free Bridge (as it was called then), as it was not conducive to pedestrian traffic.

[7][4] In 2000, a study performed by both towns found the bridge damaged in many locations including the concrete abutments, the wood planks and rust on all the metal.

In 2006 Brunswick and Topsham appointed a committee of residents from both towns who secured funding from the Maine Department of Transportation as well as corporate grants to reconstruct the bridge.