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Abseiling
An abseil, also called a rappel after its French name, is a controlled descent off a vertical drop, such as a rock face, using a rope.
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Acronym
An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components in a phrase or a word, usually individual letters (as in NATO or laser) and sometimes syllables (as in Benelux).
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American Bridge Company
The American Bridge Company is a civil engineering firm that specializes in building and renovating bridges and other large civil engineering projects.
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Antenna (radio)
In radio, an antenna is the interface between radio waves propagating through space and electric currents moving in metal conductors, used with a transmitter or receiver.
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Appalachian Development Highway System
The Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) is part of the Appalachian Regional Commission in the United States.
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Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains (les Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America.
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Arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch.
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BASE jumping
BASE jumping, also sometimes written as B.A.S.E. jumping, is parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure or cliff.
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Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles without closing the way underneath such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle.
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Bridge Day
Bridge Day is an annual one-day festival in Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia, United States The event is coordinated by the New River Gorge Bridge Day Commission, and is sponsored by numerous companies of both local and international significance.
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Building
A building, or edifice, is a structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory.
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Bungee jumping
Bungee jumping (also spelled "bungy" jumping, which is the usual spelling in New Zealand and several other countries) is an activity that involves jumping from a tall structure while connected to a large elastic cord.
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Canopy (parachute)
The term canopy is used by skydivers or parachutists to describe the actual parachute itself, as opposed to the parachute system as a whole.
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Cliff
In geography and geology, a cliff is a vertical, or nearly vertical, rock exposure.
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Coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.
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Cowen, West Virginia
Cowen is a town in Webster County, West Virginia, United States.
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CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad operating in the eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
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Fayette County, West Virginia
Fayette County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
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Fayetteville, West Virginia
Fayetteville is a town in and the county seat of Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
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Jumper (person)
A jumper, in police and media parlance, is a person who plans to fall or jump (or already has fallen or jumped) from a potentially deadly height, sometimes with the intention to commit suicide, at other times to escape conditions inside (e.g. a burning building).
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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia
This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
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List of bridges in the United States by height
This is a list of the highest bridges in the United States by height over land or water.
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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
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List of highest bridges
This list of the world's highest bridges ranks bridges by deck height.
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List of longest arch bridge spans
This list of the longest arch bridge spans ranks the world's arch bridges by the length of their main span.
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List of suicide sites
The following is a list of current and historic sites frequently chosen to attempt suicide, usually by jumping.
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Mackinaw City, Michigan
Mackinaw City is a village in Emmet and Cheboygan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Midland Trail (West Virginia)
The Midland Trail is a National Scenic Byway which carries U.S. Route 60 (US 60) through a portion of the southern part of the U.S. state of West Virginia between Charleston and Sam Black Church.
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National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.
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National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, West Virginia
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, West Virginia.
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National Scenic Byway
A National Scenic Byway is a road recognized by the United States Department of Transportation for one or more of six "intrinsic qualities": archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and scenic.
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New River (Kanawha River tributary)
The New River is a river which flows through the U.S. states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia before joining with the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River at the town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.
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New River Gorge National River
The New River Gorge National River is a unit of the United States National Park Service designed to protect and maintain the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia.
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St. Ignace, Michigan
Saint Ignace, usually written as St.
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The Register-Herald
The Register-Herald is seven-day morning daily newspaper based in Beckley, West Virginia, and also covering surrounding communities in Fayette, Greenbrier, Raleigh, Summers and Wyoming counties, West Virginia.
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Tunney Hunsaker
Tunney Morgan Hunsaker (September 1, 1930 – April 27, 2005) was an American professional boxer who also served as the police chief of Fayetteville, West Virginia.
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U.S. Route 19
U.S. Route 19 (US 19) is a north–south U.S. Highway.
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U.S. Steel
United States Steel Corporation, more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations in the United States, Canada, and Central Europe.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Weathering steel
Weathering steel, often referred to by the genericized trademark COR-TEN steel and sometimes written without the hyphen as corten steel, is a group of steel alloys which were developed to eliminate the need for painting, and form a stable rust-like appearance after several years exposure to weather.
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.
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West Virginia Department of Transportation
The West Virginia Department of Transportation is the state agency responsible for transportation in West Virginia.
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50 State Quarters
The 50 State Quarters Program was the release of a series of circulating commemorative coins by the United States Mint.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_River_Gorge_Bridge
