The bridge site is locate just southwest of the village of Stockbridge Four Corners, which is formed by a right-angle turn of Vermont Route 100 and its junction with Stockbridge Common Road and Blackmer Boulevard.

The bridge is curved to accommodate the transition from the crossing to the southwest continuation of the roadway.

A covered bridge was washed away from the site by Vermont's devastating floods of 1927, which caused particularly severe damage in the White River valley.

In 1929, the state retained the Berlin Construction Company to build a Pratt through truss at the site; it was built out of steel I-beams and placed on rubblestone abutments that were later reinforced with concrete footings.

It was of a standardized design developed by the state in the wake of the floods to more effectively produce the many bridges requiring replacement.