[2] The first bridge was constructed to serve the mill at the 450-acre plantation of Dr. Charles Duvall "Goodwood" renamed later to "Gladswood".

Mareen Duvall's Middle Plantation is downriver on the same path, now called Davidsonville Road.

In 1936, the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center was created on the land, and the bridge was transferred to the federal government in 1941.

The Duvall bridge has a cross braced deck for wooden planking.

The bridge has a plaque noting the Anne Arundel county commissioners of 1907:[1]