New River Gorge Bridge Fayetteville

U. S. Route 19, Fayetteville , West Virginia, United States

TravelPod Member ReviewsNew River Gorge Bridge Fayetteville

  • Massive

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    suzysnow 3 contributions Somewhere in Maryland, United States May 18, 2012

    This Bridge is huge. There is a stair case the leads down to the over look, the signs at the top make you think its going to be terrible to climb back up, but I found it easy (keep in mind I live in the mountains and walk everywhere, a 6 story climb is a daily activity for me). The view was beautiful and the native plants along the path were wonderful to look at :)

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  • From above and below

    4

    3beansabroad 2 contributions Richmond, United States Jul 10, 2011

    We rafted under this bridge, so when we had the chance to stop and see it up close, we jumped on it (so to speak). The park service has a small area for parking and a path and stairs for walking out to a scenic overlook. It takes very little time and costs nothing. The most interesting part for us was that there are two bridges that you float beneath when you do this rafting trip, a railroad trestle bridge and this giant bridge. When you float beneath them, you don't get a good appreciation for just how much taller and more impressive the gorge bridge is. It's breathtaking from up above and not so big a deal from down below. The scale seems completely different. The park service post claims that the climb up is "strenuous." It's probably three flights of steps. If that's strenuous, you need to work on your endurance. Fun fact: according to NPS, you can fit the Washington Monument and two Statues of Liberty one on top of the others underneath this bridge.

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction New River Gorge Bridge Fayetteville

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    Alex vs the River

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    We stayed in the "quiet" campground, as opposed to the "festive" campground. Quiet hours were not observed by several folks and we did not get a good night sleep either night. One morning there were Boy Scouts up at 4:30am, 90 minutes before the end of quiet time, running around banging on doors and using their outdoor voices. We would have given …

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    Bridge Day 2010

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    This was my second Bridge Day weekend in WV but my first time attending the festival. I brought my friend Michelle with me who has rafted and IK'd the Lehigh River but who has never been on anything bigger than the Lehigh or experienced the fun and craziness of WV!

    We arrived mid-afternoon on Friday. I took Michelle right to the New River …

  • 3

    New River Gorge WV

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    After 500 miles of driving on Friday the 13th, we checked out the Grandview Visitor Center, New River Gorge National River before retiring for the night. The following day (Saturday, July 14th) Rob and I went white water rafting. It was a blast! Later in the day we went to the Canyon Rim Visitor Center at the New River Gorge National River. On …

  • 4

    New River Gorge Bridge

    On my way home, I drive right over the longest arch bridge in the western hemisphere, so I drove to the bottom of the gorge to the old little bridge to look up at the new one …

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