It was built in 1883 by Sheldon & Savannah Jewett, brothers who are credited with building most of the area's covered bridges.

It has a metal gable roof, and its exterior is clad in vertical board siding, which extends around to the interior of the portals.

[2] The bridge was completed in 1883 by the Jewett Brothers, who operated a sawmill in Montgomery's West Hill area.

In 2009 it was reconstructed by Alpine Construction of Schuylerville, New York (the same company that rebuilt the West Hill bridge).

A series of articles chronicling the work can be found at the Vermont Covered Bridges web site.