The 1911 Pisgah Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that spans the west fork of the Little River in Randolph County, North Carolina. It is one of only two remaining original historic covered bridges in the state and is designated as both a local and federal historic landmark. Built in 1911 by J. J. Welch for $40, it is a one-lane bridge, 54 feet in length. The bridge eventually became obsolete when it could no longer handle the increased traffic, but it remains standing on Pisgah Covered Bridge Road, west of the community of Pisgah. The road now crosses a nearby two-lane concrete bridge built in the 1950s.

Since 1998, the North Carolina Zoo Society has collaborated with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the Piedmont Land Conservancy, and the Landtrust for Central North Carolina to maintain and refurbish the bridge. Washed away by a flood on August 9, 2003, it was rebuilt the following year using much of the original material retrieved by local area volunteers. The restoration was able to salvage about 90 percent of the materials from the original structure. The bridge is assumed originally to have had a shingle roof; however, it was replaced with tin in the 1930s. In the restoration, the roof was shingled.

Located at:  N35.54.220   W79.89.388        -        WGCB #33-76-B

Photographed in June of 2023

Photos by Stephen Tindall