It was designed and/or built by the Stewart, Shirreffs & Co. of Richmond, Virginia and fabricated by the Wrought Iron Bridge Builders of Canton, Ohio.

[1] The bridge has suffered considerable damage in recent years and is now unusable.

It was barred to vehicular traffic for several decades and has now been completely blocked off since a flood washed away a part of it at the left-bank end.

There is a local movement to save and restore it, and a grant has even been obtained for that purpose, but since neither the city of Glenville nor Gilmer County claims ownership (and thus responsibility), the situation is at a standstill.

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