The City of Santa Cruz is celebrating the opening of the Branciforte Creek Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge Project on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 12:00 noon. The new multi-use path connects the levee trail south of the Soquel Avenue Bridge completing the gap in the 5-mile Riverwalk system that runs north-south through the center of Santa Cruz. Construction, completed two months ahead of schedule, has included a prefabricated 126-foot long bridge. Decomposed granite shoulders and lights have been recently installed with two more decorative lights on order. Plantings along the trail will be completed by the end of September and fill-in over the next year.