As of September 2019[update], the bridge is resting on Nudd Road adjacent to the crossing point.

The Whittier Bridge site is located southwest of the village of West Ossipee, at a long-used crossing point of the Bearcamp River, which flows roughly southeast toward Ossipee Lake from the White Mountains to the northwest.

The roadway was cut in the 1770s by Captain John Dudley on behalf of Ossipee's proprietors, predating the town's incorporation.

Bridges standing here were documented by the town as undergoing either major repairs or reconstructions in the 19th century.

The bridge preceding this one was washed off the abutments by flooding in 1869, and was rebuilt on commission from Henry Banks, proprietor of the West Ossipee Hotel.