One Heck of a Bridge

Sarah and I spent part of the afternoon in and around the New River Gorge. This is the famous span on Highway 19 over the gorge in south-central West Virginia.
That is a four lane highway on top of that sucker and it is 3,300 feet long with a 890 foot distance from base of arch to opposite base, and about the same distance above the water.
From just north of the visitor center, you can take a road down into the gorge, including directly under the bridge on at least three occasions. They will tell you how to do this in the visitors center. I am standing in the middle of the bridge on which you cross over the river.
I think that this is the largest single span bridge in the world. It definitely made a north-south trip through West Virginia much easier.
The area is dotted with interesting places and if I had turned around and shot a picture in the opposite direction, you would have seen several rafts full of people headed down the river.
This is about a four hour drive from Charlotte, all interstate quality, but unfortunately a stretch of toll I-77 that will cost you $2.40 headed south. I guess that it would be the same headed north. We came in from the north toward Charlotte, so I am not sure of that.