Jct. of VA 11 and VA 130, Natural Bridge, Virginia. County/parish: Rockbridge.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 18, 1997. NRIS 97001401.
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Natural Bridge is a geological formation in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States, comprising a 215-foot-high (66 m) natural arch with a span of 90 feet (27 m). It is situated within a gorge carved from the surrounding mountainous limestone terrain by Cedar Creek, a small tributary of the James River. Consisting of horizontal limestone strata, Natural Bridge is the remains of the roof of a cave or tunnel through which the Cedar Creek once flowed.
Natural Bridge has been designated a Virginia Historic Landmark and a National Historic Landmark. Since 2016, the bridge and its surroundings have been managed by the Commonwealth of Virginia as Natural Bridge State Park.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679151