BEAVERDAM CREEK
GREENVILLE COUNTY
BUILT - 1909
Length - 38' ... W. approx. 6 miles from Campobello. W. 4 miles on SR-11 to L. SR-14 2 miles to R. SR-414 1 miles to L. SR-114, 1000' to R. Campbell Covered Bridge Rd., 500' to bridge. Built by Charles Irwin Willis. Named for grist mill owner Alexander Lafayette Campbell who built and maintained a nearby corn mill. The construction of this bridge connected several rural communities and small towns in the immediate vicinity, so that a 25-mile trip had once taken a full day before the bridge was completed could be made in about an hour afterwards. Bridge was restored in 1964 and 1990. Campbell's Covered Bridge is the last remaining covered bridge in South Carolina. It was posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 1, 2009. It is owned by Greenville County, which closed it to motorized traffic in the early 1980s. Truss Type - Covered four-span, Howe Truss with vertical iron rods and diagonal pine timbers.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 40-23-02
GPS +35.08580, -82.26412
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