New River Gorge Bridge Day Festival

Bridge Day is the largest extreme sports event in the world and is held on the third Saturday in October every year in Fayetteville. Hundreds of BASE jumpers and nearly 200,000 spectators are expected to attend this year’s Bridge Day. We will be celebrating 28 years! The New River Gorge Bridge, 876′ tall and the world’s second longest single arch bridge, serves as the launch point for six hours (9am-3pm EST) of safe, legal BASE jumps.

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TRAFFIC ROUTING INFORMATION FOR OCTOBER 20:

5:30am – I-79/US 19 Commercial Traffic Detour through Charleston begins

6:30am – I-77/US 19 Commercial Traffic Detour through Charleston begins

7:00am – US 19/WV 16 at Fayetteville & US 19/Ames Heights Rd – ALL traffic shut down (Bridge CLOSED)

Detour- from Fayetteville via WV 16 North to Chimney Corner, US 60 east to US 19 at Hico. Detour- from Hico via US 60 west to Chimney Corner WV 16 south to US 19 at Fayetteville