It spans the Dog River in an east–west orientation, and is located just a few hundred feet east of the Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge, which spans the eponymous brook.

It is a single-span Town lattice truss, which has been reinforced by the introduction of a central pier.

It is covered by a metal gabled roof, and its exterior is sheathed in vertical board siding.

It is one of five surviving bridges in the community, three of which are found on Cox Brook Road in the span of 0.25 miles (0.40 km).

[3] In 1963 the bridge deck was strengthened by the addition of 4 steel Ɪ-beams underneath, and the unmortared stone abutments were faced with concrete.