Why Landmark Bridges Become Tourism Engines

Why Landmark Bridges Become Tourism Engines

Reading Time: 6 minutesSome structures do their job so efficiently that people stop noticing them. Others begin the same way and then take on a second life. They appear on postcards, shape weekend plans, anchor local festivals, and slowly become shorthand for an entire region. The New River Gorge Bridge belongs to that second category. It is not simply a crossing above dramatic terrain. It is a piece of infrastructure that learned how to carry m…