New River Gorge Bridge

In 1977 the New River Gorge Bridge, the world’s longest-spanning steel arch, was completed in Fayette county, West Virginia, U.S. Designed by Michael Baker, the two-hinged arch truss carries four lanes of traffic 263 meters (876 feet) above the river and has a span of 510 meters (1,700…

…steel arch span of the New River Gorge Bridge, completed in 1977 near Fayetteville, West Virginia, is one of the world’s longest.

…the completion (1977) of the New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville; the single-arch steel span, 876 feet (267 meters) above the river, drastically reduced travel time there, as motorists formerly had to make a long detour over mountain roads. The major river systems of the western plateau provide some 450…