Watkins' Ferry

Historical marker location:

22 Temple Drive, Marlowe, West Virginia

( Marker is on Williamsport Pike (U.S. 11) east of Ripple Way, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1967

The New River Gorge Bridge, located in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is the longest steel arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere. It was completed in 1977 and spans 3,030 feet across the New River Gorge.