The wooden covered bridge was constructed just north of Port Deposit, Maryland, between 1817 and 1818 and lasted until 1857.

[1] The bridge crossed from north of Port Deposit to just below Rock Run stream in Harford County.

[2] On 1 January 1823, friction from an iron-shod sleigh caused a fire that burned large portions of the bridge.

[1][2] It remained closed and a large section of the eastern span was destroyed by the spring flood of 1857.

The Jersey Toll House, located at the southwestern end of the bridge, still exists as part of Susquehanna State Park.