 It is a wooden pile bridge, a type of which only two others were found in New England as part of a c. 1979 survey.The bridge is long and wide, and had a drawbridge section in the center that was moved by a hand-cranked winch.The bridge has repeatedly been the subject of safety closings and restorative work over the course of the 20th century, and was completely rebuilt in 1946–7, removing the draw.