In the early 1970s, South Carolina was home to three historic covered bridges that no longer exist. But that’s not because the state didn’t make any effort to preserve them. It did! Let’s take a look at how fate, vandalism, and just bad luck intervened to leave us today with three lost covered bridges in South Carolina.

Do you recall any of these historic bridges before they were destroyed by fire, vandalism, or lightning? Do you know of other lost covered bridges in South Carolina? Tell us about them here!