Historical Marker
Mercers Bottom / Captain John Hereford
Historical marker location:
Apple Grove, West Virginia
( Marker is on Huntington Road (West Virginia Route 2) south of Hereford Lane.)
Marker installed: 2012
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.