Function at the Junction

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Meet Your Neighbors on the Neuse

The Town of Wake Forest and the Greenways Advisory Board will officially open the new Upper Neuse Connector at a public celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m. The ceremony will include brief remarks by Wake Forest Mayor Vivian Jones and Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane and will conclude withan awe-inspiring ribbon-cutting atopthe centerof the 558-foot bridge overlooking theNeuse River.

The new 558-ft.bridge spans the Neuse River and connects Wake Forest's Smith Creek Greenway to Raleigh's Neuse River Greenway which opened earlier this year. The Neuse River Greenway Trail is part of an extensive 28-mile greenway system that when completed in 2013 will link Wake Forest, Knightdale, Clayton and Raleigh.

The Upper Neuse Connector is located at the southern end of Wake Forest's Smith Creek Greenway and can be accessed at Burlington Mills Road, just west of Bratt Avenue. The bridge is located approximately one mile south of the trailhead.

For additional details about Function at the Junction and the Town of Wake Forest greenway system, call 919-435-9513.