The bridge carries US-19. But I added the rrCaO label because CSX has routes along both sides of the river.
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Photo taken by Michael Miller December 2003
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
New River Gorge Bridge From the Fayette Station Bridge
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| New River Gorge National Park and Preserve posted Its National Engineers Week in the US this week and we would be remiss to not highlight the marvel of engineering that lives on our doorstep! The New River Gorge Bridge began construction 50 years ago this year [2024], but it remains the fifth longest singlespan bridge in the world! Although there were many engineers who worked at the project the two leads on the work were Chief Engineer Clarence V. Knudsen and Corporate Bridge Engineer Frank J. Kempf. The project was completed on October 22nd, 1977 and at the time was the largest project that the WV Department of Highways had ever undertaken with federal assistance. The Bridge can be seen from numerous places in the park, including the boardwalk at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center, the end of the Long Point Trail, and of course on the River itself! What's your favorite "man-made wonder" in a National Park? Image Description: The metal structure of the New River Gorge Bridge emerges from behind trees and fog |
There are some photos of the completed bridge in the above post, but I'm featuring two from Steve Hilderbrand of the construction.
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| safe_image for New River Gorge among National Geographic’s top 20 places to travel worldwide |
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Photo taken by Michael Miller June 2000
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New River Gorge Bridge From Upstream
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Photo taken by Michael Miller in January 1977
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New River Gorge Bridge During Construction
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Photo taken by Michael Miller June 2002
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New River Gorge Bridge From The Visitor's Center Overlook
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Photo taken by Michael Miller November 2004
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New River Gorge Bridge
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| Photo taken by Loyd Lowry
NRG Bridge at Night
Two trains pass under the bridge at night
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| Bob Sweigart posted [The comments on the post provide several more photos of the bridge.] Doug Mangold some days you can walk across the bottom of it! And they close it for base jumping one day a year. Christopher Magargle I thought that base-jumping was canceled after a fatal accident years ago ? |
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| B&T-Fayette New River Gorge Bridge and Fayette Station Bridge |
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| Highway Engineering Discoveries posted New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia, USA 🇺🇸 518m [1700'] long single span arch bridge 👏🏽 |
A late friend of mine who was from West Virginia said they would close the bridge one day a year for bungee jumping. A comment I read indicated they also did base jumping until some one got killed. The Bridger Hunter page has comments by Robert Thompson about he and others rappelling from the catwalk under the bridge during the 2014 Bridge Day. He was on rope #5 and descended 825' three times.
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| b [Note the bridge that US-19 used before the arch bridge was built (HAER; Historic Bridges). The road had tight turns because it used switchbacks to get down the sides of the gorge. Also note the white rapids. The is a raft take-out location just downstream from those rapids that takes advantage of the old road down into the gorge.] |
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| c [That is a view I'll never get of the bridge! And again we can see the former bridge and some white rapids.] |
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| Ted Gregory posted Interesting view of the US 19 arch bridge over the New River Gorge, WV. My pic Apr 4, 2023 |
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| Bridges Now and Then posted The New River Gorge Bridge, Fayetteville, West Virginia, c. late 1976. (American Bridge) |
Mike Brady posted seven photos with the comment: "New river gorge bridge truss arch in the beginning stages. Photos by Bj Bernath, so glade he took the time to take them."
Jon Hart That high line was used for the Glade Creek Bridge on I-64 in WV and again at Hoover Dam Bypass. The arch temporary tie backs were oil drill pipe, vs more typical wire rope.
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