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

Image	Crossing	Location	Opened	Coordinates	Notes
Mason County
	Bartow Jones Bridge WV 2	Henderson–Point Pleasant	1999 [1]	38°50′14″N82°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″N81°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″N81°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″N81°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″N81°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″N81°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″N81°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″N81°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″N81°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″N81°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″N81°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″N81°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″N81°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″N81°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″N80°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″N80°53′39″W / 37.6727°N 80.8943°W / 37.6727; -80.8943
	Veterans Memorial Bridge WV 3	Bellepoint	2004 [27]	37°39′04″N80°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 [28]	37°22′21″N80°51′45″W / 37.3726°N 80.8624°W / 37.3726; -80.8624
	Virginian Railway bridge (ruined)			37°22′13″N80°51′20″W / 37.3703°N 80.8556°W / 37.3703; -80.8556
	SR 61 (MacArthur Lane)	Narrows	2013 [28]	37°20′04″N80°48′33″W / 37.3345°N 80.8091°W / 37.3345; -80.8091
	NS Whitethorne District			37°20′19″N80°47′31″W / 37.3387°N 80.7919°W / 37.3387; -80.7919
	US 460 (Virginia Avenue)	Pearisburg	1978, 2001 [28]	37°20′25″N80°45′29″W / 37.3403°N 80.7580°W / 37.3403; -80.7580
	NS railroad bridge			37°20′46″N80°41′22″W / 37.3462°N 80.6895°W / 37.3462; -80.6895
	US 460 (Virginia Avenue)	Ripplemead	1974 [28]	37°19′49″N80°40′40″W / 37.3303°N 80.6779°W / 37.3303; -80.6779
	Pembroke Bridge (disused)	Pembroke		37°18′54″N80°38′37″W / 37.3149°N 80.6437°W / 37.3149; -80.6437
	SR 623 (Rocky Hollow Road)		1996 [28]	37°18′53″N80°38′37″W / 37.3148°N 80.6436°W / 37.3148; -80.6436
	SR 730 (Eggleston Road)	Eggleston	1980 [28]	37°17′10″N80°36′59″W / 37.2860°N 80.6164°W / 37.2860; -80.6164
Pulaski County–Montgomery County
	Radford Army Ammunition Plant bridge		1943 [29]	37°11′38″N80°32′29″W / 37.1940°N 80.5413°W / 37.1940; -80.5413
	NS Christiansburg District			37°10′38″N80°33′54″W / 37.1773°N 80.5649°W / 37.1773; -80.5649
	SR 114 (Peppers Ferry Boulevard)	Fairlawn–Centerville	1990, 2013 [29]	37°09′42″N80°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″N80°34′28″W / 37.1388°N 80.5745°W / 37.1388; -80.5745
	NS Pulaski District	New River–Radford		37°08′03″N80°34′58″W / 37.1341°N 80.5829°W / 37.1341; -80.5829
	Ingles Ferry Bridge I-81	Radford	1965 [29]	37°05′21″N80°34′49″W / 37.0893°N 80.5802°W / 37.0893; -80.5802
Pulaski County
	Claytor Dam			37°04′32″N80°35′06″W / 37.0755°N 80.5851°W / 37.0755; -80.5851
	Lowmans Ferry Bridge SR 672 (Lowmans Ferry Road)	Mack Creek Village		37°00′09″N80°40′57″W / 37.0026°N 80.6826°W / 37.0026; -80.6826
	New River Trail	Hiwassee		36°57′48″N80°43′11″W / 36.9633°N 80.7196°W / 36.9633; -80.7196
Wythe County
	SR 100 (Wysor Highway)	Barren Springs	2007 [31]	36°55′08″N80°48′19″W / 36.9189°N 80.8052°W / 36.9189; -80.8052
	US 52 (Fort Chiswell Road)	Galena	1997 [31]	36°52′17″N80°52′08″W / 36.8713°N 80.8689°W / 36.8713; -80.8689
	I-77		1978, 1980 [31]	36°52′16″N80°52′20″W / 36.8711°N 80.8721°W / 36.8711; -80.8721
	SR 636 (Store Hill Road)	Austinville	1987 [31]	36°51′16″N80°55′10″W / 36.8544°N 80.9195°W / 36.8544; -80.9195
	New River Trail			36°50′54″N80°56′20″W / 36.8483°N 80.9390°W / 36.8483; -80.9390
Carroll County
	Buck Dam Buck Dam Road			36°48′30″N80°56′19″W / 36.8082°N 80.9387°W / 36.8082; -80.9387
	Byllesby Dam			36°47′10″N80°56′00″W / 36.7862°N 80.9332°W / 36.7862; -80.9332
	Fries Junction Bridge			36°45′36″N80°57′22″W / 36.7599°N 80.9561°W / 36.7599; -80.9561
	SR 606 (Fries Road)	Fries	1959 [32]	36°43′02″N80°57′21″W / 36.7172°N 80.9559°W / 36.7172; -80.9559
	Fries Dam			36°42′50″N80°59′11″W / 36.7138°N 80.9864°W / 36.7138; -80.9864
Grayson County
	SR 94 (Riverside Drive)		2011 [33]	36°38′46″N80°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″N81°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″N81°09′28″W / 36.5758°N 81.1579°W / 36.5758; -81.1579
Alleghany County, North Carolina
	Farmers Fish Camp Road	Amelia, North Carolina	2015 [34]	36°33′07″N81°10′54″W / 36.5519°N 81.1817°W / 36.5519; -81.1817
Grayson County
	Bridle Creek Bridge SR 601 (Cox's Chapel Road)		1956 [33]	36°35′45″N81°14′30″W / 36.5959°N 81.2416°W / 36.5959; -81.2416
	Fields Dam			36°36′09″N81°18′39″W / 36.6024°N 81.3109°W / 36.6024; -81.3109
	J. Cam Fields Memorial Bridge SR 93 (County Line Road)	Mouth of Wilson	1982 [33]	36°35′07″N81°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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