The New River Gorge Bridge

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10.5 km

Length

+100 m

Ascent

−119 m

Descent

771 m

Highest point

4.8%

Max gradient

0h 14min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 771 m

10 °C clearsky

wind 3 m/s · clouds 0%

At the start

9 °C clearsky

wind 3 m/s · clouds 0%

	Min	Max	Wind
Friday 23 Oct	4 °C	17 °C	3 m/s	clearsky
Saturday 24 Oct	6 °C	16 °C	4 m/s	clearsky
Sunday 25 Oct	4 °C	15 °C	4 m/s	clearsky

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/23/26, 12:47 AM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Hill and low mountain road
Surface: asphalt 88%

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Ascent

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Elevation profile

What does The New River Gorge Bridge look like?

2017-06-11 17 18 23 View south along U.S. Route 19 Business and west along U.S. Route 460 Business (Main Street) at Virginia State Route 91 (Wittens Valley Road) in Frog Level, Tazewell County, Virginia · Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0

James Wynn House front · Nyttend · Public domain

TazewellCoCH · Erechtheus · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Start

Tazewell County

37.15058, -81.48404

Finish

Tazewell County

37.09971, -81.56345

Along the road

Fuel

Valero 1.8 km · 735 m

Exxon 3.6 km · 752 m

The Cave 3.7 km · 752 m

Marathon 6.5 km · 752 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 0.0 km to 6.5 km.

Restaurants and cafés

Your Grate Escape 1.5 km · 740 m

Pizza Plus 2.4 km · 737 m

Italian Village of Tazewell 3.5 km · 752 m

Bee Noodle'd 5.9 km · 769 m

Old Virginia Chophouse 5.9 km · 768 m

The Happy Goat 6.0 km · 766 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 1.5 km to 6.0 km.

Parking

75 unnamed places along the road, from 1.7 km to 7.4 km.