FARMVILLE – The wait is over.

The question is answered.

Friday.

High Bridge will open Friday.

And in celebration of the opening of High Bridge this weekend, High Bridge Trail State Park is pleased to announce a hike and talk on the newly-completed bridge at 10 a.m. Saturday April 7, and 4 p.m. Sunday April 8, 2012.

Park Interpreter, Bob Flippen, will lead a walk on the newly-completed pedestrian bridge and discuss the significance of this battle and the role it played in the closing days of the Civil War.

Participants are encouraged to arrive at the River Road access parking lot between 9 and 9:30 on Saturday and 3:00 to 3:30 on Sunday. Proceed 9/10 of a mile to High Bridge where the program will begin. Water and binoculars are recommended and a total distance of about three miles is estimated.

On April 7, 1865 the Second Battle for High Bridge was fought resulting in the destruction of four spans and the Federal Second Corps crossing into Cumberland County on a captured wagon bridge in pursuit of the retreating Army of Northern Virginia.

For more information call the park office at 434-315-0457.