Ua kūkulu ʻia ka Shieldstown Covered Bridge ma 1876 a ua kapa ʻia no ka hale mīkini o ka ʻohana ma ke kauhale pili pono o Shields.
He $ 13,600 ke kumu kūʻai a he laʻana ia no ka ʻenehana o ka lāʻau hihi 19 kenekulia. He ʻano ʻokoʻa ia o ka Burr Arch Truss.
Ua hoʻolimalima ka ʻO Hamilton Township Bridge Company i ka mea hana alahaka ʻo JJ Daniels e hoʻolālā a kūkulu iā ia, nāna i wehe ka wahi no ka lawe ʻana ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka East Fork White River a no nā mea kanu e wili ʻia a lawe ʻia.
ʻO ka wahi e pili ana me kahi hale wili, kula, hale pule, ʻoihana a me nā kahua hoʻomoana.
Ua hoʻomaka kahi papahana hoʻihoʻi $ 1,063,837.65 i ka 2015 a ua hoʻopau ʻia i ʻOkakopa 2019.