It was built in 1852 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

[1] The Arlington Green Covered Bridge is located at the village of West Arlington, crossing Batten Kill just south of Route 313.

It rests on mortared stone abutments, of which the northern one has since been faced in concrete.

It is also unusual in that it has not had any 20th-century strengthening elements added, a common feature to many of the state's older bridges.

[2] On August 28, 2011, the Arlington Green Covered Bridge was damaged by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene; it was fixed in the following months and reopened to traffic.