Glade Creek is a major tributary of the New River in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Glade Creek lies within the largest side valley off New River in the New River Gorge National River area.

Sources

Glade Creek is formed on Flat Top Mountain just north of the point where Raleigh, Summers and Mercer counties intersect. Just north of its source near Ghent, it is impounded to form Flat Top Lake. Further north, it is again impounded to form Glade Creek Reservoir.

Canyon

Immediately north of Glade Creek Reservoir, Glade Creek begins its canyon section. The canyon varies from about 200 ft in depth at its upstream end to over 1200 ft deep near its mouth at the New River southeast of Prince. Much of the lower canyon is traversed by an abandoned railroad bed. Today, this former railbed is maintained as a hiking trail by New River Gorge National River.

Phil G. McDonald Bridge

Approximately 5 mi upstream of its mouth, Glade Creek is crossed by Interstate 64 on the Phil G. McDonald Memorial Bridge, also known as the Glade Creek Bridge. This 2179 ft long deck truss bridge towers 700 ft above the creek bed, and was the highest Interstate bridge in the United States before the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge was designated as part of Interstate 11 in 2018.