Officially opened to traffic in August 1999 in a ceremony honoring a deceased major general and former state resident who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in Vietnam, the Charles C. Rogers Bridge carries WV 16 over the New River and CSX rail lines north of Fayette County 13 at Cotton Hill.

An eight-span rolled I-beam bridge utilizing 1,225,616 pounds of structural steel completed by Bilco Construction Company of South Charleston for $5.8 million, the new structure was an upstream replacement for the Cotton Hill Bridge, an 812-foot steel deck truss.

           Built in 1927 and renovated many times, including a 1991 contract for $210,000 to repair pier caps and provide foundation protection against the water scour of the rushing New River, the old Cotton Hill Bridge had been posted for four tons for almost a decade. 

Following the opening ceremony, the old structure was detonated by the winner of a raffle conducted by the local Convention and Visitors Center with proceeds going toward renovating the local athletic field.