High Bridge 99th Anniversary

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The correct link for the High bridge construction photo is:

http://nwhs.org/wiki/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=318

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On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:31 PM, NW Mailing List
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> After Dinner Tour of High Bridge

>

> 99th Anniversary of the Steel Viaduct

>

> High Bridge Trail State Park invites the public to attend an after dinner

> tour of High Bridge in celebration of the 99th anniversary of the steel

> bridge.  It was on June 22, 1914 that the N&W Railway diverted traffic

> from the old bridge supported on 20 brick piers to a newly completed steel

> viaduct.

>

> On Saturday, June 22nd, the Park's Education Specialist, Bob Flippen, will

> lead a walk across High Bridge while occasionally stopping to discuss the

> bridge construction process and how it differed from the original bridge

> constructed in the early 1850s. Visitors are encouraged to arrive at the

> River Road parking lot by 7:00 p.m. and then proceed about a mile to High

> Bridge where the tour will start at 7:30 p.m.  Bring drinking water, your

> camera and binoculars to enjoy spectacular views of the countryside.  This

> section of the trail will remain open until 10:30 p.m. for firefly viewing

> at High Bridge.  The event is free, but a parking fee applies at the River

> Road parking lot.

>

> The Park also recommends visiting the High Bridge exhibit at Virginia's

> Heartland Regional Visitor Center located at 121 East Third Street, only

> one block off of Main Street in downtown Farmville.  The exhibit features

> images of the 1914 High Bridge construction.  The Visitor Center is open

> 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 360 days a year.

> For more information contact the park office at 434-315-0457 or email

> highbridgetrail at dcr.virginia.**gov <highbridgetrail at dcr.virginia.gov>.

>

> The award-winning Virginia State Parks are managed by the Virginia

> Department of Conservation and Recreation.  For more information about

> Virginia State Parks' activities and amenities or to make reservations in

> one of the more than 1,800 campsites or 300 climate-controlled cabins,

> call the Virginia State Parks Reservation Center at 800-933-PARK or visit

> www.virginiastateparks.gov<htt**p://www.virginiastateparks.gov<http://www.virginiastateparks.gov>

> **>.

>

> Bob Flippin

>

>

>

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