Spanning the Gorge

Historical marker location:

Fayetteville, West Virginia

( Marker is on Fayette Station Road (County Road 82), on the right when traveling east.)

New River Gorge National River. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

West Virginia is home to the Green Bank Telescope, the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope. It is operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and is located in the Allegheny Mountains.