The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge 3,030 feet (924 m) long over the New River Gorge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, in the Appalachian...
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New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is a unit of the United States National Park Service designed to protect and maintain the New River Gorge in...
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Mississippi River. Few highways cross the gorge, with the most dramatic bridge by far being the New River Gorge Bridge on U.S. 19, a steel arch bridge spanning...
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Royal Gorge around both ends of the bridge. The bridge crosses the gorge 955 feet (291 m) above the Arkansas River and held the record of highest bridge in...
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and is home to the Red River Gorge Climbers' Coalition. The area is nicknamed the Red by climbers. Kentucky's Natural Bridge State Park is immediately...
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commemorates the 1977 completion of the New River Gorge Bridge. On this day, all four lanes of the bridge are closed to automobiles and opened to pedestrians...
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Fayetteville lies adjacent to the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve and is directly south of the New River Gorge Bridge. Fayetteville was listed as...
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centre of Coalbrookdale. The use of the river by boat traffic and the steep sides of the gorge meant that any bridge should ideally be of a single span, and...
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Memorial Bridge—900' New River Gorge Bridge—876' Foresthill Bridge—730' Glen Canyon Dam Bridge—700' Phil G. McDonald Bridge—700' Rio Grande Gorge Bridge—565'...
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bridge spans a deep river gorge. The bridge's two towers, built on the rims of the gorge, are 269 m (883 ft) tall, but due to the depth of the river gorge...
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Gorge Pipeline Bridge is, with a height of 393 metres, the world's seventh highest bridge and highest pipeline bridge. Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge is...
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bridges over the gorges on campus from the 1970s to 2010. Between 1991 and 1994, five students died by suicide in the gorges. New River Gorge Bridge in...
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BASE jumping (redirect from Bridge jumpers)
("Bridge Day"), permission to BASE jump has explicitly been granted at the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia. The New River Gorge Bridge...
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and girlfriend, Lindsey Hudson, jumped to their death from the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayette County, West Virginia. They both had active arrest warrants...
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Orinoco Bridge, Venezuela 1966 April 25 Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal Built the world's longest arch bridge on three occasions: 1977 New River Gorge Bridge, West...
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The Ironbridge Gorge is a deep gorge, containing the River Severn in Shropshire, England. It was first formed by a glacial overflow from the long drained...
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regions. The New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia, completed in 1977, was the longest and is now the fourth-longest single-arch bridge in the world...
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parachute jumps off the New River Gorge Bridge into the New River Gorge, 876 feet (267 m) below. The New River Gorge Bridge is the second highest span...
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Niagara Gorge is an 11 km (6.8 mi) long canyon carved by the Niagara River along the Canada–United States border, between the U.S. state of New York and...
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The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep, the canyon...
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Places of interest and potential attractions include New River Gorge, New River Gorge Bridge, Tamarack, Best of West Virginia, Lake Shawnee Abandoned...
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Bridge". "Lupu Bridge". "New River Gorge Bridge". "Bayonne Bridge". "Sydney Harbour Bridge". "Chenab River Bridge". "Wushan Bridge". "Mingzhou Bridge"...
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The Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge spans the Kawarau River in the Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand. The bridge is mainly used for commercial...
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Hunsaker Bridge (also known as the Fayette Station Bridge) is an historic truss bridge over the New River in New River Gorge, West Virginia. The bridge is named...
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Form - New River Gorge Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved May 21, 2023. Baker Jr., Michael (November 1991). Figure 2: New River Gorge Bridge, Fayette...
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New River Community College, in Virginia New River Coalfield, in West Virginia New River Gorge Bridge, in West Virginia New River Gorge National River, protecting...
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dead link] Janiskee, Bob (16 September 2008). "At New River Gorge National River, an Iconic Bridge Attracts Suicide Jumpers". National Parks Traveler...
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longer than the previous record holder for the longest arch bridge, the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia. It cost 2.5 billion yuan (US$302...
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4 bridge and from trails on both sides of the gorge. Many people from around New England flock to the gorge for the views. The Ottauquechee River flows...
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The Ashley Gorge is a river gorge of the Ashley River / Rakahuri in Canterbury, New Zealand. The river is bridged at the mouth of the gorge by the Inland...
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