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List of crossings of the Kanawha and New Rivers

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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

Image Crossing Location Opened Coordinates Notes
Mason County
Bartow Jones Bridge
WV 2 		Henderson–Point Pleasant 1999 38°50′14″N 82°08′22″W / 38.8373°N 82.1395°W / 38.8373; -82.1395 Replaced Shadle Bridge built in 1930
CSX Transportation Ohio River Subdivision 1947 Replaced earlier bridge opened in 1888
Putnam County
Johnathon David Higginbotham Memorial Bridge
WV 869 		Fraziers Bottom–Buffalo 1998 38°34′56″N 81°59′57″W / 38.5821°N 81.9991°W / 38.5821; -81.9991
Winfield Locks and Dam Winfield–Eleanor 1937
Ross Booth Memorial Bridge
WV 34 		1955 38°32′06″N 81°53′55″W / 38.5351°N 81.8985°W / 38.5351; -81.8985
Nitro WWI Memorial Bridge
I-64 		Teays Valley–Nitro 2022 38°26′43″N 81°50′33″W / 38.4453°N 81.8424°W / 38.4453; -81.8424 Will eventually carry westbound lanes of I-64. Carries both directions while the Donald M. Legg Memorial Bridge is demolished and rebuilt.
Donald M. Legg Memorial Bridge
I-64 		Teays Valley–Nitro 1962 38°26′43″N 81°50′34″W / 38.4452°N 81.8427°W / 38.4452; -81.8427 Will be demolished and rebuilt; will eventually carry eastbound lanes of I-64.
Kanawha County
Richard J. "Dick" Henderson Memorial Bridge
WV 25 (3rd Street / Center Street) 		St. Albans–Nitro 2013 38°23′30″N 81°49′55″W / 38.3918°N 81.8320°W / 38.3918; -81.8320 Replaced earlier bridge of same name opened in 1934
Dunbar Toll Bridge
CR 2547 		South Charleston–Dunbar 1953
I-64 1974, 2010 38°21′41″N 81°43′08″W / 38.3615°N 81.7189°W / 38.3615; -81.7189 2010 span is the longest concrete box girder span in the U.S.
Patrick Street Bridge
US 60 (Patrick Street) 		Charleston 1930 38°21′57″N 81°40′08″W / 38.3659°N 81.6688°W / 38.3659; -81.6688
CSX Kanawha Railroad Bridge 1907
Eugene A. Carter Memorial Bridge
I-64 / US 119 		1975 38°21′20″N 81°38′54″W / 38.3555°N 81.6483°W / 38.3555; -81.6483
South Side Bridge 1936 Replaced earlier bridge opened in 1891
35th Street Bridge
CR 6063 		1975, 1976 Replaced Kanawha City Bridge opened in 1914
Chuck Yeager Memorial Bridge
I-64 / I-77 (West Virginia Turnpike) 		Charleston–Coal Fork 1954, 1983 38°18′35″N 81°33′41″W / 38.3097°N 81.5613°W / 38.3097; -81.5613
Fishing–Marmet Locks and Dam Marmet–Dupont City 1934
Admiral T. J. Lopez Bridge Chelyan–Dickenson 1997 Replaced Chelyan Bridge opened in 1929
London Locks and Dam Handley–London 1934
Fayette County
Earl M. Vickers Bridge
WV 6 		Montgomery 1956 38°10′58″N 81°19′00″W / 38.1827°N 81.3167°W / 38.1827; -81.3167 Replaced Montgomery Bridge
Norfolk Southern Railway Princeton–Deepwater District Deep Water–Falls View 1931
Deepwater–Cotton Hill Bridge
CR 13 		Kanawha Falls 1928 Closed in 2018 due to structural damage with no plans to repair
Kanawha River becomes New River
CSX Gauley Subdivision
WV 16 (Beckwith Road) Beckwith–Chimney Corner 1999 38°06′50″N 81°08′36″W / 38.1140°N 81.1434°W / 38.1140; -81.1434
Hawks Nest Dam Hawks Nest
CSX New River Subdivision (#1 Main)
New River Gorge Bridge
US 19 		Fayetteville–Lansing 1977 38°04′08″N 81°04′58″W / 38.0690°N 81.0827°W / 38.0690; -81.0827
Tunney Hunsaker Bridge
CR 82 		1997
CSX New River Subdivision (#2 Main)
CR 252 (Thurmond Road) / R.J. Corman Railroad West Virginia Line Thurmond 1916
CR 25 (McKendree Road) Stone Cliff 1928
Raleigh County–Fayette County
Thomas Burford Pugh Memorial Bridge
WV 41 (Stanaford Road) 		Prince 2015 37°51′14″N 81°04′17″W / 37.8540°N 81.0714°W / 37.8540; -81.0714
CSX Piney Creek Subdivision
Raleigh County–Summers County
Mary Draper Ingles Bridge
I-64 		Sandstone 1982 37°46′52″N 80°54′03″W / 37.7811°N 80.9008°W / 37.7811; -80.9008
Summers County
Hinton Bridge
WV 20 (Temple Street) 		Brooklin–Hinton 1975 37°40′22″N 80°53′39″W / 37.6727°N 80.8943°W / 37.6727; -80.8943
Veterans Memorial Bridge
WV 3 		Bellepoint 2004 37°39′04″N 80°53′12″W / 37.6511°N 80.8866°W / 37.6511; -80.8866
Bluestone Dam

Virginia and North Carolina

All locations are in Virginia unless otherwise specified

Image Crossing Location Opened Coordinates Notes
Giles County
US 460 (Virginia Avenue) Glen Lyn 1969, 1986 37°22′21″N 80°51′45″W / 37.3726°N 80.8624°W / 37.3726; -80.8624
Virginian Railway bridge (ruined)
SR 61 (MacArthur Lane) Narrows 2013 37°20′04″N 80°48′33″W / 37.3345°N 80.8091°W / 37.3345; -80.8091
NS Whitethorne District
US 460 (Virginia Avenue) Pearisburg 1978, 2001 37°20′25″N 80°45′29″W / 37.3403°N 80.7580°W / 37.3403; -80.7580
NS railroad bridge
US 460 (Virginia Avenue) Ripplemead 1974 37°19′49″N 80°40′40″W / 37.3303°N 80.6779°W / 37.3303; -80.6779
Pembroke Bridge (disused) Pembroke
SR 623 (Rocky Hollow Road) 1996
SR 730 (Eggleston Road) Eggleston 1980
Pulaski County–Montgomery County
Radford Army Ammunition Plant bridge 1943
NS Christiansburg District
SR 114 (Peppers Ferry Boulevard) Fairlawn–Centerville 1990, 2013 37°09′42″N 80°33′08″W / 37.1617°N 80.5521°W / 37.1617; -80.5521
Pulaski County–Radford
New River Bridge
US 11 (Lee Highway) 		Fairlawn–Radford 2002, 2005 37°08′20″N 80°34′28″W / 37.1388°N 80.5745°W / 37.1388; -80.5745
NS Pulaski District New River–Radford
Ingles Ferry Bridge
I-81 		Radford 1965 37°05′21″N 80°34′49″W / 37.0893°N 80.5802°W / 37.0893; -80.5802
Pulaski County
Claytor Dam
Lowmans Ferry Bridge
SR 672 (Lowmans Ferry Road) 		Mack Creek Village
New River Trail Hiwassee
Wythe County
SR 100 (Wysor Highway) Barren Springs 2007 36°55′08″N 80°48′19″W / 36.9189°N 80.8052°W / 36.9189; -80.8052
US 52 (Fort Chiswell Road) Galena 1997 36°52′17″N 80°52′08″W / 36.8713°N 80.8689°W / 36.8713; -80.8689
I-77 1978, 1980 36°52′16″N 80°52′20″W / 36.8711°N 80.8721°W / 36.8711; -80.8721
SR 636 (Store Hill Road) Austinville 1987
New River Trail
Carroll County
Buck Dam
Buck Dam Road
Byllesby Dam
Fries Junction Bridge
SR 606 (Fries Road) Fries 1959
Fries Dam
Grayson County
SR 94 (Riverside Drive) 2011 36°38′46″N 80°58′44″W / 36.6461°N 80.9788°W / 36.6461; -80.9788
US 58 / US 221 (Grayson Parkway) Baywood 1979, 1999 36°36′46″N 81°02′45″W / 36.6127°N 81.0458°W / 36.6127; -81.0458
US 21 / US 221 (New River Parkway) 1989 36°34′33″N 81°09′28″W / 36.5758°N 81.1579°W / 36.5758; -81.1579
Alleghany County, North Carolina
CR 1345 (Farmers Fish Camp Road) Amelia, North Carolina 2015
Grayson County
Bridle Creek Bridge
SR 601 (Cox's Chapel Road) 		1956
Fields Dam
J. Cam Fields Memorial Bridge
SR 93 (County Line Road) 		Mouth of Wilson 1982 36°35′07″N 81°18′50″W / 36.5852°N 81.3140°W / 36.5852; -81.3140
Ashe County, North Carolina–Alleghany County, North Carolina
New River splits into North Fork and South Fork

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