Anonymous Guest 29 Jan 2008

it lost all its paragraph division,transitions and such when i posted it..... oh well

Anonymous Guest 29 Jan 2008

it lost all its paragraph division,transitions and such when i posted it..... oh well

Anonymous Guest 29 Jan 2008

i wrote a quick description for school (my name is matt smi jst so they cant say i pulled it off here) hope yall like it! Cambell’s covered bridge is a little ways off the beaten path. Seven or eight miles from North Greenville University, it is less than 100 yards off of a winding country road; but surrounded by mobile homes and old broken fences, you’d never notice it. While asking local residents about peaceful, unique places to write about, this location was often mentioned in passing, as if everyone knew it were here, but no-one really cared. It was treated as a sort of curiosity, but no-one seemed to know much about it. Scrub oak and scraggly evergreen trees border the winding, narrow road leading down away from the main highway. As you turn the last gentle corner, South Carolina’s only standing covered bridge in comes into view. The sound of running water serves as a pleasant background and gives the place an easy, relaxed atmosphere. Just up the bank is an ancient stone well and below the bridge are the ruins of an old grist mill. The actual structure is set into a natural bend in the creek, with high banks on either side. Approaching the bridge, one of the first things you notice is how narrow it is. With about ten feet of passable width, some people would have a hard time driving a modern car across it. Supported at either end by foundations made of roughly laid river stones, the pitted wood floor is about ten feet over the rocky creek bed. It is scarred with age, and if you look hard enough, traces of tire marks are visible running across the wide, rough-cut lumber. The sides, according to an on-site historical marker, are Howe Trusses, four sections long, and one high. This translates into an overall span of over thirty five feet. These trusses are made by notching thick, rough cut timbers and crossing them into multiple x-shaped sections. This strong design makes long, unsupported wooden bridges possible. These sides are covered in pine board/batten siding, forming a long dark tunnel spanning the creek. As you walk across the water, the aging tin roof, nearly twenty feet above you, echoes the sound of the stream on the rocks below. The crudely cut boards on either side seem to have a character no steel and concrete structure could compare with. The longer you study the bridge and its flawless design, so many years old, the more respect you have for the man that built it using only his own two hands. Visiting our state’s only covered wooden bridge is an unforgettable experience.

Anonymous Guest 29 Jan 2008

this is a cool place, i just went there today... Its a shame, but there is a bunch of posts, barriers made of random road signs, and some trash cans scattered around now. Almost like they tried to make it into a park or something.... Local word is that its just a makeout spot now.

v blair 16 May 2006

I have never seen a covered bridge in person,only in photographs,I bet they are beautiful.Lovely shot Michael.