Located in Washington Township near the community of Bloom Center,[2] it is one of two remaining covered bridges in Logan County.

[3] It carries County Road 13 (formerly called the "Covered Bridge Pike"[4]) over the Great Miami River, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of its source at Indian Lake.

[2] The bridge was built in 1876 by the Anderson Green Company of Sidney, Ohio at a cost of $3,103 and named for nearby landowner Nicholas McColly.

[6] Despite these repairs, the county closed the bridge in July 1993 due to structural deterioration from vandalism and recent floods.

The Ohio Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration provided aid for this project and recognized it as "an outstanding example of preservation, rehabilitation and reuse of a historic bridge.