Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/New River Gorge Bridge

New River Gorge Bridge

Original - The New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia is a steel arch bridge that carries US 19 over the New River. It opened in 1977 and hosts Bridge Day, an annual event in which the bridge is closed to vehicles and participants are allowed to BASE jump to the valley floor below.

Reason

High quality photo that represents a great example of structural and bridge engineering. Already a FP on Commons and at German Wiki. 2007 POTY candidate (104th place!). I feel it meets all requirements of FP status.

Articles this image appears in

New River Gorge Bridge, Timeline of three longest supported deck arch bridge spans

Creator

JaGa

• Support as nominator --Wadester16 (talk) 04:36, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
• Support Wow. Lovely quality, great story to go with it (being closed for the base jumping) and lovely pic. Well framed IMO and the colours are fantastic on the surrounding landscape... Just wondering though, any idea what is behind the trees in the bottom right corner above a fork in a silver tree? Looks like rail lines but not quite - just curious as can't work out what it is... gazhiley Talk 09:55, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
• Support - Super image! Btw gazhiley they are railway lines --Childzy ¤ Talk 11:52, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
• Support, although maybe it should be rotated so that the bridge is horizontal. I went to Bridge Day last year and it was great with all the leaves changing colors. You should also add that besides base jumping, people also go rappelling down to the valley floor from underneath the bridge. — BRIAN0918 • 2008-11-21 14:01Z
• Support Both the quality and composition are great. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 16:45, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
• Support Does not need straightening!! Lycaon (talk) 23:47, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose I do not think the composition and balance between the bridge and sky are great. --Caspian blue 17:20, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
• Support. There's room for disagreement, but I rather like the composition, which highlights the river as much as the bridge.--ragesoss (talk) 20:35, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
• Weak Support I really wish there was a bit more space at the edges (in particular the LHS) but still a good shot --Fir0002 21:45, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
• Support Very nice high quality photograph. —Krm500 ^{(Communicate!)} 04:57, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:New River Gorge Bridge.jpg MER-C 02:33, 27 November 2008 (UTC)