New River Gorge Bridge viewing area - Fayetteville, WV - Outdoor Stairways on Waymarking.com

These outdoor steps connect the upper and lower New River Gorge Bridge viewing areas. A nice shady hike with 178 steps, and well worth the effort. Located at the Canyon Rim Visitors center for the New River Gorge National Park. (hours 9 to 5)

New River Gorge National River web site (visit link)

“The New River Gorge Bridge is within the National Park Service's New River Gorge National River, which protects this portion of the New River Gorge. At the northern end of the bridge, the Park Service operates a visitor center with scenic overlooks and a staircase that descends part of the way into the gorge.

The bridge is the centerpiece of Fayette County's "Bridge Day", held the third Saturday of every October. This festival includes demonstrations of rappelling, ascending, and BASE jumping, Bungee jumping, however, has been banned during Bridge Day since 1993. The bridge is closed to vehicular traffic during the festival; preceding the September 11th terrorist attacks two of the bridge's four lanes were open to traffic during the festivals, but security concerns have now prompted the closing of the entire span to vehicles during these events.”
Source: Wikipedia - New River Gorge Bridge / Tourism (visit link)

Wikipedi: New River Gorge National River (visit link)

number of stairs (minimum 60): 178.00 stair landing (check if yes): yes

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