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The original Fayette Station Bridge, built in 1889, provided a much needed way to reach the other side of the gorge, ending reliance on a dangerous and time-consuming ferry to cross the river. Before the New River Gorge Bridge was built in 1977, Fayette Station Road was the main artery connecting the gorge. The current bridge is a reconstruction of the original Fayette Station Bridge, and on November 8, 1998, it was dedicated to Tunney Hunsaker, a Fayette resident and local celebrity who fought Muhammad Ali in Ali’s first professional boxing match and remained friends with him afterward.
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