A bridge-jumping event in West Virginia, that was cancelled the past two years due to the pandemic, is returning this Saturday. The Bridge Day festival will be hosted in Fayetteville.

Officially the Point Pleasant Bridge—it earned its nickname from its silver aluminum paint—the eyebar- suspension-chain bridge connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio.

A bridge in West Virginia that was destroyed by floodwaters 37 years ago is being replaced to enable a tourism train route. This project will reopen the rail between Cass and Durbin.

Dare devils taking flight in West Virginia. Base jumpers ranging in age from 19 to 83 took turns plunging off a 876 foot bridge! Massive crowds turned out to watch.

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Division of Highways marked the 55th anniversary Thursday of the collapse of the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant, the deadliest bridge disaster in modern history.