The Coal Barons

Historical marker location:

Whipple Junction, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Okey L Patterson Road (West Virginia Route 612) and Scarbro Road (Route 1/5), on the right when traveling east on Okey L Patterson Road.)

Coal Heritage Trail National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site.

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.