 The bridge was constructed fast, and when completed in the spring of 1836, it was a wooden covered bridge at a length of .Within days of opening the bridge, on April 9, 1836, a storm blew through the valley, destroying two of the bridges three piers and rendered the new bridge unusable.After restarting construction later, the bridge was redone using the same piers and in 1839, was completed and opened once again.