reuben
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Post by reuben on Jan 22, 2021 12:32:23 GMT -8
Hopefully everyone can read this.
There are actually two large/tall bridges over the river. One has concrete pillars, one doesn't. Both are truss bridges. A long time ago in a different life I inspected one of them. Hanging off the bridge and seeing hawks flying hundreds of feet BELOW me kinda made me pucker.
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GaliWalker
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Post by GaliWalker on Jan 22, 2021 13:17:42 GMT -8
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reuben
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Post by reuben on Jan 22, 2021 14:18:07 GMT -8
Your sixth image looks like the "big" bridge, which is about 875 feet, as I recall. I hung off the little one, but it was still over 800 feet. It's hard to appreciate from the side, because the gorge is so steep. I climbed almost straight up from the river one day in January. I spent a lot of time with both hands and feet touching the ground. By the time I was halfway up steam was pouring out the neck of my coveralls. We stood around and laughed at each other - we looked like crabs steaming in a pot!
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Post by GaliWalker on Jan 22, 2021 14:35:04 GMT -8
Yup, that’s the famous New River Gorge Bridge, the Western Hemisphere’s longest steel span bridge and the United States’ third tallest. The previous photo is looking down into the gorge from beside it.
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Post by GaliWalker on Jan 23, 2021 18:53:57 GMT -8
I finally got a good look at a map of the park boundary. Looks like my 2nd and 4th photos above are just outside the park.
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Post by Coolkat on Jan 25, 2021 6:54:53 GMT -8
I've been there a couple of times but just passing through. It's a great place!
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