Walkway project takes first step

From atop of the newly-set pedestrian bridge, a beaming Chuck Bartlett looked upstream towards the autumn-kissed aspens resting on the side of the riverbank.

"I mean, look at that view ... it's incredible," he said.

It was a project which took four years, but the long-anticipated Veterans Island to the hot springs pedestrian walkway project has finally seen its first major step with the setting of the bridge across the North Platte River.

Bartlett saw the setting of the bridge as a tremendous feat. The project, which originally received funding from a Transportation Enhancement Activities Loca...