Built in 1875 by brothers Sheldon & Savannah Jewett, it is one of a cluster of area covered bridges all attributed to the same builders.

[1] The Hopkins Covered Bridge stands in a rural area of northeastern Enosburg, just west of Vermont Route 118 on Hopkins Bridge Road, which provides access to a single farm property.

It is covered by a gabled roof, and is sheathed by vertical board siding, which extends a short way inside the portals to shelter the truss ends.

This assemblage is one of the most concentrated in Vermont all attributable to a single builder.

[2] The Vermont Agency of Transportation in 1993 reported that the bridge was over-stressed and it was closed.