Peter Guice Memorial Bridge

I-26 crosses the Green River Gorge 14 mi to the SE. Spanning the gorge is the Peter Guice Memorial Bridge, named in honor of the builder of the first Green River Bridge. Guice's bridge was a low wooden structure built circa 1820 to improve the crossing and facilitate travel along Howard's Gap Road, the major route between the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina and the markets on the coast. The present bridge is situated at the same location as the original bridge, and is 220 ft above the river.