New River Gorge Bridge
Iconic Bridge · Lansing, West Virginia
A steel arch carrying US Route 19 across the New River Gorge 876 feet above the water, finished in 1977. It was the longest single-span steel arch bridge in the world until 2003 and remains the longest in the Western Hemisphere, and it replaced a 40-minute descent to a one-lane bridge at the bottom of the gorge with a crossing that takes under a minute. It is the image on the West Virginia state quarter and the most photographed structure in the state.
162 Visitor Center Road, Lansing, West Virginia, 25862, United States
Visible and viewable at any hour. Canyon Rim Visitor Center generally 9 AM - 5 PM with reduced winter hours. The deck is open to pedestrians only on Bridge Day, the third Saturday in October. Free.
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