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4 unusual facts about New River Gorge Bridge


Michael Pelkey

Approximately 450 BASE jumpers from all over the world made more than 800 parachute jumps off the New River Gorge Bridge into the New River Gorge 876 feet below.

New River Gorge Bridge

bridges in the world, and the third highest in the United States (behind the Mike O'Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge over the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, bypassing the Hoover Dam, and the Royal Gorge Bridge).

Timeline of three longest supported deck arch bridge spans

from:1977 till:2009 color:Gold1 text:"518m New River Gorge Bridge, West Virginia"

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Later that year, Sibray, as publisher, was named in a trademark suit filed by the Fayette County New River Gorge Bridge Day Commission over use of the name "Bridge Day," 3 which had been employed since 2002 by the publisher of "wvbridgeday.com."



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