[1] It was at one time one of the oldest remaining curved-chord though girder bridges, a design unique to the state of Michigan.

The local community approached the St. Clair County Road Commission and requested a new bridge be built.

The Michigan State Highway Department constructed two trunk line bridges over Swan Creek, both of which were 50-foot concrete girder spans with 22-foot roadway.

[4] In 1932,[3] the state highway (now designated M-29) was diverted farther southward, and the small section bypassed, including the bridge, was re-designated Vernier Street.

The endposts supporting the girder endposts were topped with a slanted pedestal, two of which contained plaques identifying the bridge as a state highway department trunkline bridge constructed during the tenure of Frank F. Rogers's as commissioner.