It is a two-span Town lattice truss structure, 136'10" long, with spans measuring 64'0" and 63'6",[2] and rests on a stone central pier and abutments.

It is covered by a shallow-pitch metal gabled roof, which extends beyond the trusses to shelter sidewalks on both sides.

Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, attempted to purchase the bridge and relocate it to his Greenfield Village Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ford later purchased Pennsylvania's Ackley Covered Bridge instead.

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