Set on 26 stone piers, the new massive oaken structure was the longest covered bridge in the world (over a mile and a quarter in length).

It used timber salvaged from the previous bridge and provided a link for the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad to the Northern Central Railway, as well as for carriages, pedestrians and wagons.

It was designed to be resistant to fire, floods, and ice, elements that had destroyed previous wooden structures.

Like the previous bridges, tolls were collected for passage to recover a portion of the half million dollar investment.

In 1930, automobile traffic was rerouted to the newly constructed Veterans Memorial Bridge, just downstream.