Col. Benjamin Wilson

Historical marker location:

337 Country Club Rd, Elkins, West Virginia

( Marker is on Country Club Road (County Road 219/11) 0.1 miles south of Aeronica Court, on the right when traveling south.)

1747 - 1827.

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.