Historical Marker
The Athenaeum
Historical marker location:
1704 Market Street, Wheeling, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of 16th Street (West Virginia Route 2) and Market Street, on the right when traveling east on 16th Street.)
<i>"Lincoln's Bastille"</i>.
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.