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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 ...
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 .
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
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.
CSX New River Subdivision (#1 Main) New River Gorge Bridge US 19: Fayetteville–Lansing: 1977 [20: Tunney Hunsaker Bridge CR 82 1997 [20] CSX New River Subdivision (#2 Main [26]) CR 25 2 (Thurmond Road) / R.J. Corman Railroad West Virginia Line Thurmond: 1916 [20]
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The New River is spanned near Fayetteville, West Virginia, by the New River Gorge Bridge . "Bridge Walk" tours are offered on the 2-foot (0.61 m) wide steel catwalk running under the bridge deck. The bridge is also open for BASE jumping once annually on Bridge Day. The New River Gorge and Bridge near Fayetteville, West Virginia
Mud River Covered Bridge: ca. 1875: 1975-06-10 Milton: Cabell: Covered Modified Howe truss New River Gorge Bridge: 1977 2013-08-14 near Fayetteville: Fayette: Steel arch Parks's Gap Bridge: 1892 1994-11-04 Martinsburg