The New River Gorge Bridge is about about 314 miles from Washington. Take Interstate 66 west to I-81 south. Near Lexington, take I-64 west into West Virginia. At Beckley, take U.S. 19 north, which ...

The New's most iconic attraction is a single-arch bridge that rises 876 feet over the New River Gorge. Built in 1977, it is the third-tallest bridge in the US, according to the National Park Service.

Established in 1978, New River Gorge National River encompasses over 70,000 acres of land along 53 miles of the New River from Bluestone Dam to Hawk’s Nest Lake.

It was a wild and wonderful day at the New River Gorge’s annual Bridge Day celebration on Oct. 19, 2024. Jenna Klausing, from Graysonville, Maryland, returned for her second year of jumping at ...

(Fayetteville)….It took several months and a pile of paperwork but the new River Gorge Bridge is now on the National Register of Historic Places. It’s all part of the state Sesquicentennial ...

(Courtesy) The New River Gorge Bridge is 876 feet above the New River on the Lower Gorge. (Courtesy) This segment aired on February 22, 2021. Advertisement. Advertisement. Resume. Listen Live.