Historical Marker
Population Center
Historical marker location:
Burning Springs, West Virginia
( Marker is on Little Kanawha Parkway (West Virginia Route 5) 0.1 miles west of Straight Creek-Burning Spring Road (County Route 34), on the left when traveling east.)
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.