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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

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Image Crossing Location Opened Coordinates Notes
Mason County
Bartow Jones Bridge
WV 2 		Henderson–Point Pleasant 1999[1] 38°50′14″N 82°08′22″W / 38.8373°N 82.1395°W / 38.8373; -82.1395 Replaced Shadle Bridge built in 1930[2]
CSX Transportation Ohio River Subdivision 1947[3] Replaced earlier bridge opened in 1888[3]
Putnam County
Johnathon David Higginbotham Memorial Bridge
WV 869 		Fraziers Bottom–Buffalo 1998[4] 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[5]
Ross Booth Memorial Bridge
WV 34 		1955[4] 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[4] 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.[6]
Donald M. Legg Memorial Bridge
I-64 		Teays Valley–Nitro 1962[4] 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.[7]
Kanawha County
Richard J. "Dick" Henderson Memorial Bridge
WV 25 (3rd Street / Center Street) 		St. Albans–Nitro 2013[8] 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[9][10]
Dunbar Toll Bridge
CR 2547 		South Charleston–Dunbar 1953[8]
I-64 1974,[11] 2010[8] 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.[11]
Patrick Street Bridge
US 60 (Patrick Street) 		Charleston 1930[8] 38°21′57″N 81°40′08″W / 38.3659°N 81.6688°W / 38.3659; -81.6688
CSX Kanawha Railroad Bridge 1907[12]
Eugene A. Carter Memorial Bridge
I-64 / US 119 		1975[8] 38°21′20″N 81°38′54″W / 38.3555°N 81.6483°W / 38.3555; -81.6483
South Side Bridge 1936[8] Replaced earlier bridge opened in 1891[13]
35th Street Bridge
CR 6063 		1975, 1976[8] Replaced Kanawha City Bridge opened in 1914[14]
Chuck Yeager Memorial Bridge
I-64 / I-77 (West Virginia Turnpike) 		Charleston–Coal Fork 1954, 1983[8] 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[15]
Admiral T. J. Lopez Bridge Chelyan–Dickenson 1997[16] Replaced Chelyan Bridge opened in 1929[17][18]
London Locks and Dam Handley–London 1934[19]
Fayette County
Earl M. Vickers Bridge
WV 6 		Montgomery 1956[20] 38°10′58″N 81°19′00″W / 38.1827°N 81.3167°W / 38.1827; -81.3167 Replaced Montgomery Bridge[21]
Norfolk Southern Railway Princeton–Deepwater District Deep Water–Falls View 1931[22]
Deepwater–Cotton Hill Bridge
CR 13 		Kanawha Falls 1928[20] Closed in 2018 due to structural damage with no plans to repair[23][24][25]
Kanawha River becomes New River
CSX Gauley Subdivision
WV 16 (Beckwith Road) Beckwith–Chimney Corner 1999[20] 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[20] 38°04′08″N 81°04′58″W / 38.0690°N 81.0827°W / 38.0690; -81.0827
Tunney Hunsaker Bridge
CR 82 		1997[20]
CSX New River Subdivision (#2 Main[26])
CR 252 (Thurmond Road) / R.J. Corman Railroad West Virginia Line Thurmond 1916[20]
CR 25 (McKendree Road) Stone Cliff 1928[20]
Raleigh County–Fayette County
Thomas Burford Pugh Memorial Bridge
WV 41 (Stanaford Road) 		Prince 2015[20] 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[27] 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[27] 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[27] 37°39′04″N 80°53′12″W / 37.6511°N 80.8866°W / 37.6511; -80.8866
Bluestone Dam

Virginia and North Carolina

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All locations are in Virginia unless otherwise specified

Image Crossing Location Opened Coordinates Notes
Giles County
US 460 (Virginia Avenue) Glen Lyn 1969, 1986[28] 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[28] 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[28] 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[28] 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[28]
SR 730 (Eggleston Road) Eggleston 1980[28]
Pulaski County–Montgomery County
Radford Army Ammunition Plant bridge 1943[29]
NS Christiansburg District
SR 114 (Peppers Ferry Boulevard) Fairlawn–Centerville 1990, 2013[29] 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[30] 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[29] 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[31] 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[31] 36°52′17″N 80°52′08″W / 36.8713°N 80.8689°W / 36.8713; -80.8689
I-77 1978, 1980[31] 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[31]
New River Trail
Carroll County
Buck Dam
Buck Dam Road
Byllesby Dam
Fries Junction Bridge
SR 606 (Fries Road) Fries 1959[32]
Fries Dam
Grayson County
SR 94 (Riverside Drive) 2011[33] 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[33] 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[33] 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[34]
Grayson County
Bridle Creek Bridge
SR 601 (Cox's Chapel Road) 		1956[33]
Fields Dam
J. Cam Fields Memorial Bridge
SR 93 (County Line Road) 		Mouth of Wilson 1982[33] 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

References

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