It is a camelback through truss bridge, built in 1928 by the Berlin Construction Company in the wake of Vermont's devastating 1927 floods.

[1][2] The Brookline-Newfane Bridge is located on the West River, which forms the town line between northeastern Newfane and southwestern Brookline.

A steel I-beamed approach span of 30 feet (9.1 m) provides access to the bridge on the Brookline side.

[2] A bridge has probably stood on this site as early as 1782, when the road linking the two towns was surveyed.

The bridge was built on older abutments, raising them to a point 2 inches (5.1 cm) below the 1927 flood's high water mark.