Bridge Day

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Bridge Day is an annual extreme sports and festival event held on the New River Gorge Bridge, featuring BASE jumping, rappelling, and other activities that attract large crowds of spectators and participants.

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Label Occurrences
Bridge Day canonical 6
Bridge Day festival 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf annual festival ⓘ
extreme sports event ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWith New River Gorge National Park and Preserve ⓘ
bridgeHeightUsed approximately 876 feet ⓘ
bridgeType steel arch bridge ⓘ
canceledInYear 2001 ⓘ
2013 ⓘ
2020 ⓘ
2021 ⓘ
drawsVisitorsFrom across the United States ⓘ
international locations ⓘ
economicImpact significant tourism revenue for Fayette County ⓘ
featuresActivity BASE jumping ⓘ
food concessions ⓘ
highline rides ⓘ
live entertainment ⓘ
rappelling ⓘ
vendor booths ⓘ
zip line ⓘ
firstHeld 1980 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasWebsite https://officialbridgeday.com ⓘ
heldOn third Saturday in October ⓘ
legalStatusOfBASEJumping BASE jumping permitted only on Bridge Day ⓘ
locatedIn Fayette County, West Virginia ⓘ
New River Gorge ⓘ
locatedInCountry United States ⓘ
locatedInState West Virginia ⓘ
mainVenue New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
name Bridge Day ⓘ
organizer Fayette County Chamber of Commerce ⓘ
primaryAttraction BASE jumping from New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
reasonForCancellation 2001 terrorist attacks ⓘ
COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ
safety and logistics concerns ⓘ
region Appalachia ⓘ
riverCrossed New River ⓘ
safetyMeasure emergency medical services present ⓘ
mandatory registration for jumpers ⓘ
safety crews on site ⓘ
spectatorAccess bridge deck closed to vehicle traffic ⓘ
pedestrian access on bridge deck ⓘ
subjectOf documentary footage ⓘ
news coverage ⓘ
typicalAttendance tens of thousands of spectators ⓘ
typicalMonthHeld October ⓘ
typicalParticipants hundreds of BASE jumpers ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fayetteville, West Virginia → hasEvent → Bridge Day ⓘ
subject linked to: Fayetteville
Fayette County, West Virginia → hostsEvent → Bridge Day ⓘ
subject linked to: Fayette County
New River Gorge Bridge → celebratedBy → Bridge Day festival ⓘ
linked to: Bridge Day
Bridge Day → name → Bridge Day ⓘ