EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story details some historical background on the New River Gorge Bridge and Bridge Day as available on www.officialbridgeday.com FAYETTEVILLE — It all started with the ...

A stellar Bridge Day in October helped the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce/New River Gorge CVB register a successful 2025 ...

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — West Virginia’s largest one-day outdoor festival drew more than 120,000 people to Fayetteville on Saturday to walk on the 876-foot-high deck of the state’s iconic New River Gorge ...

Every October, 100,000 visitors descend on Fayetteville, West Virginia, a small town of less than 3,000, for a single-day event unlike anything else. Bridge Day, held annually on the third Saturday in ...

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (WVNS) — Access restrictions and temporary closures will take place around the New River Gorge Bridge on Bridge Day. According to a post on the New River Gorge National Park and ...

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — It’s set to be a packed Fayette County Saturday for the annual bridge day festivities. North of 300 base jumpers will launch themselves from atop the New River Gorge Bridge and ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - On this date in 1977, the New River Gorge Bridge was dedicated in Fayette County, WV. It’s 876 feet above the river, and at the time was the highest bridge in the world, as ...

Tourists view the New River Gorge Bridge on Saturday from an overlook at the visitors center for the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve near Fayetteville. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams) ...