Bridgeday 2016 is over and I am jealous that a few of my caving buddies went and rappelled 850 ft. I'm doing it next year! You can base jump off the bridge too. https://officialbridgeday.com/
I only live about 1 hr 15 min from the New River Gorge Bridge. I've been to Bridge Day about 4 times maybe. Haven't been in a few years tho.
Went rock climbing there a while back. Beautiful area and it's a long way to the river from the bridge!