The 85-foot-long (26 m), 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) bridge was built in 1878 by B. C. Carter and J. F. Stauffer across Conestoga River.

The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods.

It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on both the inside and outside.

Both approaches to the bridge are painted in the traditional white color.

Added in 1980, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as structure number 80003511.