The campus community and the public are invited to meet outside the Alumni House at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, for a ceremonial stroll down College Avenue and across the new bridge that runs through Peabody Park to the School of Music.

The College Avenue improvements and the bridge will allow students to cut across the campus from Spring Garden Street to Market Street in about 5 minutes. The Peabody Park work will help preserve this environmentally sensitive area.

“We want everyone to help put the new bridge into use and to help us belatedly dedicate the College Avenue streetscape,” said Chancellor Patricia A. Sullivan. “The bridge is a beautiful addition to the campus, and we’re glad it’s finally finished for the campus community to enjoy.”

The event should last about 20 minutes, including the walk down College Avenue and a ribbon-cutting. It harks back to 1999, when students and faculty then held a ceremonial march from the School of Music’s old home on Tate Street to the new building on Market Street.

Funded by the N.C. Higher Education Bonds, the $7.5 million project has updated utilities and made the campus more pedestrian friendly.