EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story details some historical background on the New River Gorge Bridge and Bridge Day as available on www.officialbridgeday.com FAYETTEVILLE — It all started with the ...

Every October, 100,000 visitors descend on Fayetteville, West Virginia, a small town of less than 3,000, for a single-day event unlike anything else. Bridge Day, held annually on the third Saturday in ...

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — West Virginia’s largest one-day outdoor festival drew more than 120,000 people to Fayetteville on Saturday to walk on the 876-foot-high deck of the state’s iconic New River Gorge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A BASE jumper falls toward the New River after jumping off of the New River Gorge Bridge during the 45th annual Bridge Day ...

The event, which allows spectators to legally walk across the New River Gorge Bridge and BASE jumpers and rappellers to engage in their big jumps from the bridge and ascents and descents from the ...

BECKLEY — This year’s Bridge Day in Fayette County will proceed as planned despite the federal government shutdown that led to West Virginia getting an agreement reopening both its national parks, the ...

Tourists view the New River Gorge Bridge on Saturday from an overlook at the visitors center for the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve near Fayetteville. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams) ...

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — It’s set to be a packed Fayette County Saturday for the annual bridge day festivities. North of 300 base jumpers will launch themselves from atop the New River Gorge Bridge and ...

When October paints the mountains of West Virginia, few places burst into color quite like the New River Gorge. Deep canyons carved by the ancient river turn into a swirling canvas of crimson, amber, ...