List of crossings of the Kanawha and New Rivers

This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Kanawha River, and its continuation the New River, from its mouth at the Ohio River to the split between the North and South Forks of the New River. Pedestrian-only bridges are marked in italics.

West Virginia ImageCrossingLocationOpenedCoordinatesNotesMason CountyBartow Jones BridgeHenderson–Point Pleasant1999Replaced Shadle Bridge built in 1930CSX Transportation Ohio River Subdivision1947Replaced earlier bridge opened in 1888Putnam CountyJohnathon David Higginbotham Memorial BridgeFraziers Bottom–Buffalo1998Winfield Locks and DamWinfield–Eleanor1937Ross Booth Memorial Bridge1955Nitro WWI Memorial BridgeTeays Valley–Nitro2022Carries westbound lanes of I-64. Carried both directions while the Donald M. Legg Memorial Bridge was demolished and rebuilt between 2022 and 2024. Donald M. Legg Memorial BridgeTeays Valley–Nitro2024 Replaced earlier bridge span with the same name opened in 1962. Kanawha CountyRichard J. "Dick" Henderson Memorial BridgeSt. Albans–Nitro2013Replaced earlier bridge of same name opened in 1934Dunbar Toll BridgeSouth Charleston–Dunbar19531974, 20102010 span is the longest concrete box girder span in the U.S.Patrick Street BridgeCharleston1930CSX Kanawha Railroad Bridge1907Eugene A. Carter Memorial Bridge1975South Side Bridge1936Replaced earlier bridge opened in 189135th Street Bridge1975, 1976Replaced Kanawha City Bridge opened in 1914Chuck Yeager Memorial BridgeCharleston–Coal Fork1954, 1983Fishing–Marmet Locks and DamMarmet–Dupont City1934Admiral T. J. Lopez BridgeChelyan–Dickenson1997Replaced Chelyan Bridge opened in 1929London Locks and DamHandley–London1934Fayette CountyEarl M. Vickers BridgeMontgomery1956Replaced Montgomery BridgeNorfolk Southern Railway Princeton–Deepwater District Deep Water–Falls View1931Deepwater–Cotton Hill BridgeKanawha Falls1928Closed in 2018 due to structural damage with no plans to repairKanawha River becomes New RiverCSX Gauley SubdivisionBeckwith–Chimney Corner1999Hawks Nest DamHawks NestCSX New River Subdivision (#1 Main)New River Gorge BridgeFayetteville–Lansing1977Tunney Hunsaker Bridge1997CSX New River Subdivision (#2 Main) / R.J. Corman Railroad West Virginia LineThurmond1916Stone Cliff1928Raleigh County–Fayette CountyThomas Burford Pugh Memorial BridgePrince2015CSX Piney Creek SubdivisionRaleigh County–Summers CountyMary Draper Ingles BridgeSandstone1982Summers CountyHinton BridgeBrooklin–Hinton1975Veterans Memorial BridgeBellepoint2004Bluestone Dam

Virginia and North Carolina All locations are in Virginia unless otherwise specified ImageCrossingLocationOpenedCoordinatesNotesGiles CountyGlen Lyn1969, 1986Virginian Railway bridge (ruined)Narrows2013NS Whitethorne DistrictPearisburg1978, 2001NS railroad bridgeRipplemead1974Pembroke Bridge (disused)Pembroke1996Eggleston1980Pulaski County–Montgomery CountyRadford Army Ammunition Plant bridge1943NS Christiansburg DistrictFairlawn–Centerville1990, 2013Pulaski County–RadfordNew River BridgeFairlawn–Radford2002, 2005NS Pulaski DistrictNew River–RadfordIngles Ferry BridgeRadford1965Pulaski CountyClaytor DamLowmans Ferry BridgeMack Creek VillageNew River TrailHiwasseeWythe CountyBarren Springs2007Galena19971978, 1980Austinville1987New River TrailCarroll CountyBuck DamBuck Dam RoadByllesby DamFries Junction BridgeFries1959Fries DamGrayson County2011Baywood1979, 19991989Alleghany County, North CarolinaFarmers Fish Camp RoadAmelia, North Carolina2015Grayson CountyBridle Creek Bridge1956Fields DamJ. Cam Fields Memorial BridgeMouth of Wilson1982Ashe County, North Carolina–Alleghany County, North CarolinaNew River splits into North Fork and South Fork

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