# New River Gorge Bridge

- By: JaGa
- Date: 2007-11-19
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_River_Gorge_Bridge.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/New_River_Gorge_Bridge.jpg/1920px-New_River_Gorge_Bridge.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia is a steel arch bridge that carries US 19 over the New River. It opened in 1977 and is the longest and highest steel arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere at 3030 ft (924 m) long and 876 ft (267 m) high. The bridge hosts Bridge Day, an annual event in which it closes to vehicles, and participants are allowed to BASE jump to the valley floor below.