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The first confirmed bungee jumper was stunt performer Skip Stanley also known as "Blue Bandit" who leapt from the bridge during the 1985 Bridge Day. [13] In 1992, New Zealander Chris Allum, bungee jumped 823 ft (251 m) from the bridge to set a world's record for the longest bungee jump from a fixed structure, stopping about 40 feet above the river.
The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet (924 m) long over the New River Gorge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. With an arch 1,700 feet (518 m) long, the New River Gorge Bridge was the world's longest single-span arch bridge for 26 years; [ 4 ] [ 5 ] it is now the ...
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia 39°19′27″N 77°43′43″W / 39.32417°N 77.72861°W / 39.32417; -77.72861 ( B & O Railroad Potomac River Jefferson
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Bungee jumping (/ ˈ b ʌ n dʒ i /), also spelled bungy jumping, is an activity that involves a person jumping from a great height while connected to a large elastic cord. The launching pad is usually erected on a tall structure such as a building or crane, a bridge across a deep ravine , or on a natural geographic feature such as a cliff.
Customers of Bungee America have leapt off the Bridge to Nowhere in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. A lawsuit threatens to close down the operation.
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia (32 P) Pages in category "Road bridges in West Virginia" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
The Tunney Hunsaker Bridge (also known as the Fayette Station Bridge) is an historic truss bridge over the New River in New River Gorge, West Virginia. [1] The bridge is named after Tunney Hunsaker , American boxer and former chief-of-police at Fayetteville, West Virginia .