Big Sunday for Jefferson County Trails The Fairfield Loop Trail Bridge over Highway 1 will be opening this weekend. The inauguration of the Charles William (Bill) Matkin trail bridge, located north of Fairfield (just north of the M.U.M. campus), will take place this Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.
Volunteers have recently completed the wooden approaches on both sides of the structure. Local structural engineer Bill Matkin, who also was responsible for designing most of the Loop Trail bridges, designed the all-weathering Cor-ten steel bridge. Weather conditions may not allow for the completion of the new trail connections before the inauguration, so those planning on attending the inauguration are being asked to come to the new bridge via the west side of Highway 1. The new Matkin Plaza will also be shown to the public as part of Sunday's ceremonies. Sunday is also the day of the Cedar Valley Trail drive, which will be held from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. regardless or the weather conditions for the weekend. The 1.5-mile trail drive will allow those interested to drive their vehicles along the trail, including over the new trail bridge over Highway 34, to get an idea of all the scenic highlights of the trails system. *** DOME ANNOUNCEMENTS is a moderated list that distributes announcements to the Maharishi University of Management community. Send your announcements to owner-dom...@mum.edu. Encourage your friends to sign up for DOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. Send an e-mail message to dome-l-requ...@mum.edu, and put the word "subscribe" (without the quotation marks) in the body of the message. To stop receiving DOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, send an e-mail message to: dome-l-requ...@mum.edu, and type the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotation marks) in the body of the message.
