Campbell's Covered Bridge

Campbell’s Covered Bridge in the Gowensville area of northeastern South Carolina spans Beaverdam Creek and is the state’s last surviving covered bridge. Built in 1909 by Charles Irwin Willis, it was named for Alexander Lafayette Campbell, whose nearby grist mill tied the bridge to the local working landscape. The wooden span, a relatively rare four-span Howe truss with pine timbers and iron rods, measures 38 feet long and 12 feet wide. Restorations in 1964 and 1990, the bridge’s closure to motorized traffic in the early 1980s, and preservation of the surrounding land helped protect it. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 1, 2009.

Tigerville, South Carolina · United States