Old Forge Bridge

This three-arch bridge was erected at a cost $2,800 by W. H. Eirely in 1863 over a ford in Antietam Creek. The east arch of this bridge spans a path once used for cattle. A forge, part of a large ...

Archibald Willingham Butt Memorial Bridge

In Honor Of

Archibald Willingham Butt

Born in Augusta Sept. 26, 1865.

Graduated in the University

of the South, 1880

Major in the United States Army.

Trusted Aide-de-Camp

of two presidents.

Major Butt went to his death

on the steamer ...

Elder Mill Covered Bridge

Built in 1897 by Nathaniel Richardson, this 99-foot-long bridge originally carried the Watkinsville-Athens Road over Calls Creek. It was moved here to

Rose Creek in 1924 and the road was relocated to its present site. The nearby c. 1900 grist mill ...

Poole's Mill Covered Bridge

Cherokee Chief George Welch constructed a grist mill here on his extensive homeplace c. 1820. An uncovered bridge was later added. With the 1838 removal of the Cherokees, the land was sold to Jacob Scudder. Dr. M. L. Pool purchased ...

Cromer's Mill Covered Bridge

The Cromers settled on Nails Creek in Franklin County in 1845. Prior to the Civil War, the family operated a woolen mill near this site. Subsequently, the area maintained a cotton gin, flour mill and saw mill, though all operations ...

Hillis Bridge

This bridge is also known as the Baker's Camp Covered Bridge. It was constructed in 1901 by J.J. Daniels over Big Walnut Creek. It is a single span and measures 128 feet long, 14 feet wide and stands 13 feet ...

Stonebridge

Departed this life February 1953

Located on the hill to the east and south of this point was a haven of comfort to many a man from the late 1800’s until closed in 1953. Condemned by certain elements of our society ...

The McGilvray "Seven Bridges Road"

In the early 1850s Scottish immigrant Alexander McGilvray established a small settlement and ferry service, both known as "McGilvray's Ferry," along the Black River. For the next forty years the ferry made seasonal river crossings despite frequent log jams. Local ...

Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge

The construction of this 121-foot bridge at McDonald’s Ford was first authorized by the county in 1883, though construction was delayed until 1891. It was completed in four months by J.W. Baughman and thirty-six workers as a modification of the ...

R. Aubrey Harley Bridge

Named in 1979 in honor of Dedicated Public Servant

Born 1908

Died 1974

Member, South Carolina House of Representatives from Newberry County 1939 ~ 48

Member, South Carolina Highway Commission 1951 ~ 55

Vice Chairman 1954 ~ 55

Member, South Carolina Senate 1957 ...