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Photos taken June 2005 by James Adorno
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Underneath

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Facts 

Overview
Massive steel arch bridge over New River on US 19
Location
Fayette County, West Virginia
Status
Open to traffic
History
Opened Oct. 22, 1977
Design
Steel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 1,700.0 ft.
Total length: 3,030.0 ft.
Deck width: 69.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.06886, -81.08217   (decimal degrees)
38°04'08" N, 81°04'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/492792/4213458 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fayetteville
Inventory number
BH 35084 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (7,665)
Built 1977 (27)
Built during 1970s (319)
Deck arch (6,749)
Fayette County, West Virginia (23)
HAER documented (350)
New River (4)
Open (21,979)
Owned by state (6,719)
Steel arch (266)
Total length over 2500 feet (365)
US 19 (19)
West Virginia (765)

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New River Gorge Bridge
Posted February 27, 2008, by Les Aliff (lesaliff [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Hi guy, I live 10 minutes from the bridge there are quite a few campgrounds around the gorge. Most of the rafting outfits offer camping as well. As most national parks you simply need to see what restrictions are place on actually camping in the park itself. It is permitted and usually on a first come first serve bases in areas it is allowed. but you can always hike in and camp where you would like . Just watch, you don't want to be rolling off a rock face . Pack in and pack out . Leave West Virginia Wild and Wonderful.

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New River Gorge Bridge
Posted January 25, 2008, by Lugnuts (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Funny you'd say that the New River Gorge Bridge was awesome at night. I was on a business trip to West Virginia two years ago and the bridge was on my list of places to see. I was still looking for it when someone pointed out to me that I had already driven across it three times! At night, to me anyway, it just looked like a long, straight stretch of pavement.

If you ever decide to go back, it is part of the New River Gorge National Park. There is no camping in that particular park, but you're not that far away from lodging.

http://www.nps.gov/neri/

New River Gorge Bridge
Posted December 17, 2007, by Ed and Linda (gram65567 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This is quite an awesome site from an 18 wheeler when you are least expecting it at night. Would love to go back over it in the daylight. It's been some time since I was there, but have been searching all over for it again. It was something at the time that we wanted to forget, but now would like to ride our motorcycles back to see it. We live in MO. Could you send us more info about it. Camping areas around there, historic sites, etc. Thanks.

New River Gorge Bridge
Posted December 17, 2007, by Ed and Linda (gram65567 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This is quite an awesome site from an 18 wheeler when you are least expecting it at night. Would love to go back over it in the daylight. It's been some time since I was there, but have been searching all over for it again. It was something at the time that we wanted to forget, but now would like to ride our motorcycles back to see it. We live in MO. Could you send us more info about it. Camping areas around there, historic sites, etc. Thanks.