Eight miles northwest of Bridgeport via CRs 75 and 98, Russell Cave National Monument is a 310-acre archeological site first investigated in 1953. The focal point of the site is a cave shelter where the Tennessee River Valley traverses the Cumberland Plateau. This cave, continuously occupied by various cultures for 10,000 years, is part of a larger cavern that extends about 7 miles into the side of a limestone mountain. Learn More...