It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

[1] The Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge is one of three 19th-century covered bridges that carry Cox Brook Road within a span of 0.25 miles (0.40 km) near the village of Northfield Falls.

The three Northfield bridges stand within a quarter mile of one another.

It is covered by a metal roof, and its exterior is clad in vertical board and batten siding painted red.

[2] Its bridge deck supports were replaced by I-beams in the 1960s.