New River Gorge Bridge

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The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia, renowned as one of the longest single-span arch bridges in the world and an iconic feat of modern engineering.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arch bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
steel arch bridge ⓘ
BridgeDayActivities BASE jumping ⓘ
rappelling ⓘ
zip-lining ⓘ
BridgeDayHeld annually in October ⓘ
builder American Bridge Division of U.S. Steel ⓘ
carries U.S. Route 19 ⓘ
celebratedBy Bridge Day festival ⓘ
linked to: Bridge Day
constructionStartDate 1974 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses New River ⓘ
New River Gorge ⓘ
deckWidth 21 m ⓘ
69 ft ⓘ
designer Michael Baker Jr., Inc. ⓘ
designType single-span steel arch ⓘ
engineer Michael Baker Jr., Inc. ⓘ
featuredOn United States Mint 50 State Quarters series ⓘ
West Virginia state quarter ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ
hasPedestrianAccess guided catwalk tours ⓘ
heightAboveWater 267 m ⓘ
876 ft ⓘ
length 3030 ft ⓘ
924 m ⓘ
locatedIn Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea New River Gorge National Park and Preserve ⓘ
mainSpan 1700 ft ⓘ
518 m ⓘ
maintainedBy West Virginia Division of Highways ⓘ
material corten steel ⓘ
steel ⓘ
nearestCity Fayetteville, West Virginia ⓘ
notableFor being one of the longest single-span arch bridges in the world ⓘ
iconic feat of modern engineering ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 2013 ⓘ
numberOfLanes 4 ⓘ
opened 1977-10-22 ⓘ
openedToTraffic 1977 ⓘ
owner State of West Virginia ⓘ
linked to: West Virginia
reducedTravelTimeBetween Fayetteville and Summersville ⓘ
reducedTravelTimeFrom about 45 minutes ⓘ
reducedTravelTimeTo about 1 minute ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
symbolOf West Virginia ⓘ
trafficType vehicular traffic ⓘ

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American Bridge Company → hasNotableProject → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
U.S. Route 19 → crosses → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
Fayetteville, West Virginia → hasNearbyBridge → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
subject linked to: Fayetteville
Fayette County, West Virginia → contains → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
subject linked to: Fayette County
Oak Hill, West Virginia → nearbyAttraction → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
subject linked to: Oak Hill
New River → crossedBy → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
Fayette County, West Virginia → crossedBy → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
Bridge Day → mainVenue → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
Fayetteville, West Virginia → knownFor → New River Gorge Bridge Day festival ⓘ
linked to: New River Gorge Bridge
Fayetteville, West Virginia → near → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
Fayette County Chamber of Commerce → associatedWith → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ