10-13-2010, 12:48 PM
About Bridge Day
Bridge Dayâthe largest extreme sports event in the worldâis held annually on the third Saturday in October in Fayette County, West Virginia (WV), USA. Hundreds of BASE jumpers and nearly 80,000 spectators are expected to attend the event.
This year's Bridge Day Festival takes place on Saturday, October 17, 2009. The 876' tall New River Gorge Bridge, serves as the launch point for six hours (9am-3pm EST) of safe, legal BASE jumps.This is the only day of the year that traffic is shut down and spectators can safely and legally walk across the world's second longest single arch bridge.
Bridge Dayâthe largest extreme sports event in the worldâis held annually on the third Saturday in October in Fayette County, West Virginia (WV), USA. Hundreds of BASE jumpers and nearly 80,000 spectators are expected to attend the event.
This year's Bridge Day Festival takes place on Saturday, October 17, 2009. The 876' tall New River Gorge Bridge, serves as the launch point for six hours (9am-3pm EST) of safe, legal BASE jumps.This is the only day of the year that traffic is shut down and spectators can safely and legally walk across the world's second longest single arch bridge.