This beautiful bridge stretches gracefully across a river gorgenearly 1,000 feet deep. It is called New River Gorge Bridge. It may lookRke nothing is holding this bridge up in the middle. But it is made in arounded shape called an arch. The ends of the arch rest on land on eachside of the gorge. Each half of the bridge leans against the other whenthey meet in the middle. They hold each other up.how an ach carif you and a friend lean together, you can setretch across a big gorge.