The stone bridge was bypassed about 1965. The modern road crosses the stream on a metal culvert whose profile resembles the old stone bridge. Just downstream, the railroad crosses the brook on a 19th-century stone arch bridge.
The bridge is a single-span arch with a span of about 30 feet, rising about 11 feet above the typical water level of the brook.
This bridge, and other surviving bridges built in Putney and Townshend, were built by James Otis Follet. A farmer and mason from Townshend. These bridges represent an unusual concentration of stone craftsmanship in an era when most bridges were being built out of iron and steel.
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