[2] It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on both the inside and outside.

In 1980 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as structure number 80003529.

The bridge is located southwest of Manheim between Rapho and Penn Townships 0.15 miles (0.24 km) southeast of Pennsylvania Route 772 and 1.4 miles (2.3 km) west of Pennsylvania Route 72 on Sun Hill Road.

[5][6] Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge was originally built in 1857 at a cost of $1,185 by James C. Carpenter.

The bridge was named after the Kauffman's Distillery Mill which operated in the late 1800s.