Built in 1937, it is a well-preserved example of a Pratt through truss, exhibiting then state-of-the-art engineering.

It stands about 10 feet (3.0 m) above the river and carries two lanes of traffic.

The trusses are formed out of rolled I-beams that were assembled on site using hydraulic riveting, a technology introduced in the 1920s.

The decking consists of pavement laid on concrete over I-beams that are mounted on the truss bottom chords and riveted to their vertical elements.

[2] The bridge was built in 1937, and was built using standards and technologies introduced by the state during a bridge-building program introduced after a major flooding event in the state in 1927.