https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/017215https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/017215.jpgBender Bridge on the W. Va. Turnpike, Kanawha County, W. Va.Glenn Studio, Montgomery, W. Va.1955Iron and steel bridges--West Virginia--Kanawha County.Tunnels--West Virginia--Kanawha County.Toll roads--West Virginia--Kanawha County.Bridges.The Bender Bridge at the southern entrance of the tunnel towers 278 feet above the bottom of the gorge, and was dedicated to Staff Sergeant Stanley Bender, a Congressional Medal of Honor Winner. (Kanawha County)West Virginia History OnView