cool..climbing over Powells Mountain my family farm since 1903 is on left in the valley..time mark 3 minutes..ive driven it hundreds of times..at 150 mph too :)
You should really watch your speed in any small town in West Virginia. Lots of Roscoe P. Coltranes and Barney Fifes here, but at least that leaves more time to look at the scenery. Fun fact: Don Knotts was born in Morgantown, and retired in Beckley.
You can't really see it when you drive over it. To get a good view, look from the visitors center overlook, or drive down the one-way road that passes below it.
Oh, drive across it. I can promise you that you will know. It's beautiful, but I'm terrified of heights. And I cross it a lot in my big truck. No matter how many times I've driven across. It still sends chills through my body.
@@buddyclem7328 it is. It's almost like you're sitting on the wall barricade. I've heard people say in a car you can't sense the height. In a truck it seems like the barricades too low lol
just driving over it isn't very thrilling. You can't see much from inside a car. You can drive into the gorge underneath the bridge, and walk the catwalk underneath the road deck of the bridge. It's pretty awesome. Also, there is one day during the year that pedestrians are allowed on the bridge, and people parachute jump off of it. I think it's the 3rd weekend in October, it just happened a week or two ago. If you can plan your visit around that, you'll really enjoy it.
I had a job surveying the coal industry in the area while the bridge was being built, then as a member of a bicycle club in the northern part of the state was one of the first to cross on a bicycle after the opening ceremony featuring then Governor Jay Rockefeller, so I am not impressed with the view from a car. I was back again working for the Park Service as a contractor just before the New River Gorge became a National Park and Reserve. The New River though is worth a visit from anywhere and we West Virginians would love to have you visit. As an Appalachian trained geologist it took some time to wrap my mind around the age of the New River because it and the Appalachians were too familiar. It is impossible to compare rivers between continents, so it is hard to state it is the world’s second oldest river, but the New River represents a pre-existing drainage pattern superimposed on what is probably the world’s oldest mountain range.
Great place to visit. I loved it. Thanks for posting for all to see this. Enjoy all. I did. Bought the DVDs how they built it.
cool..climbing over Powells Mountain my family farm since 1903 is on left in the valley..time mark 3 minutes..ive driven it hundreds of times..at 150 mph too :)
What road did you turn down to get to the bridge?? I wished you could have slowed down the video more when you passed the signs. Good video otherwise
Great song, Thanx for sharing.....
Good tunes
Ppl said near summerville has speed trap , true? Especially for non vw vehicle
You should really watch your speed in any small town in West Virginia. Lots of Roscoe P. Coltranes and Barney Fifes here, but at least that leaves more time to look at the scenery. Fun fact: Don Knotts was born in Morgantown, and retired in Beckley.
I heard cops are bad in summersville. Particularly to out of state vehicles. Is this true?
How fast u driving??
did not see New River Gorge Bridge although very good video
You can't really see it when you drive over it. To get a good view, look from the visitors center overlook, or drive down the one-way road that passes below it.
Oh, drive across it. I can promise you that you will know. It's beautiful, but I'm terrified of heights. And I cross it a lot in my big truck. No matter how many times I've driven across. It still sends chills through my body.
@@Carolina_Boy_93 In a regular car there is no sense of how high you are, but in a semi truck, the view would be much different.
@@buddyclem7328 it is. It's almost like you're sitting on the wall barricade. I've heard people say in a car you can't sense the height. In a truck it seems like the barricades too low lol
Is that it at 5:34?
I'm from New Zealand and was wondering if it would be worth coming over there? I want to drive over the New River bridge. Tell me what you think.
just driving over it isn't very thrilling. You can't see much from inside a car. You can drive into the gorge underneath the bridge, and walk the catwalk underneath the road deck of the bridge. It's pretty awesome. Also, there is one day during the year that pedestrians are allowed on the bridge, and people parachute jump off of it. I think it's the 3rd weekend in October, it just happened a week or two ago. If you can plan your visit around that, you'll really enjoy it.
I had a job surveying the coal industry in the area while the bridge was being built, then as a member of a bicycle club in the northern part of the state was one of the first to cross on a bicycle after the opening ceremony featuring then Governor Jay Rockefeller, so I am not impressed with the view from a car. I was back again working for the Park Service as a contractor just before the New River Gorge became a National Park and Reserve.
The New River though is worth a visit from anywhere and we West Virginians would love to have you visit. As an Appalachian trained geologist it took some time to wrap my mind around the age of the New River because it and the Appalachians were too familiar. It is impossible to compare rivers between continents, so it is hard to state it is the world’s second oldest river, but the New River represents a pre-existing drainage pattern superimposed on what is probably the world’s oldest mountain range.
What sort of car you driving?
I think I had a Jeep Liberty, or something like that. It was a rental.
That blue ford smoked you!
Great video! I hope you enjoyed driving in West Virginia.
I learned to drive in West Virginia! :) So yes, definitely.
@@takemytrip That makes two of us!