New River Gorge Bridge

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arch bridge road bridge steel arch bridge

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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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
New River Gorge Bridge canonical 12
New River Gorge Bridge Day festival 1

Statements (50)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
celebratedBy Bridge Day ⓘ
surface form: Bridge Day festival
constructionStartDate 1974 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crosses New River ⓘ
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve ⓘ
surface form: New River Gorge
deckWidth 21 m ⓘ
69 ft ⓘ
designer Michael Baker Jr., Inc. ⓘ
designType single-span steel arch ⓘ
engineer Michael Baker Jr., Inc. ⓘ
featuredOn U.S. commemorative coin programs ⓘ
surface form: United States Mint 50 State Quarters series

America the Beautiful Quarters ⓘ
surface form: West Virginia state quarter
hasHeritageStatus National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 West Virginia ⓘ
surface form: State of West Virginia
reducedTravelTimeBetween Fayetteville and Summersville ⓘ
reducedTravelTimeFrom about 45 minutes ⓘ
reducedTravelTimeTo about 1 minute ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
symbolOf West Virginia ⓘ
trafficType vehicular traffic ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

American Bridge Company → hasNotableProject → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
U.S. Route 19 → crosses → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve → knownFor → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve → contains → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve → bridgeSpans → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
Fayetteville → hasNearbyBridge → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
subject surface form: Fayetteville, West Virginia
Fayette County → contains → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
subject surface form: Fayette County, West Virginia
Oak Hill → nearbyAttraction → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ
subject surface form: Oak Hill, West Virginia
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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: New River Gorge Bridge Day festival
Fayetteville, West Virginia → near → New River Gorge Bridge ⓘ