The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

[1] The Winooski River Bridge stands in a somewhat rural area of western Richmond, set roughly east–west across the Winooski River just north of the bridges carrying Interstate 89 (I-89).

Its trusses have extra reinforcing sub-struts to improve its performance under heavy loads.

The state sought to use standardized designs for as many of the replacement bridges as possible.

This bridge, built by the American Bridge Company, is one of the small number that does not follow a standard design, due to difficulties in fitting the standard design to the site.