The city of Little Rock on Friday installed an angel sculpture and named the pedestrian bridge that takes people from the Clinton Presidential Park to an island of the Arkansas River.
The bridge has been dubbed the Cindy Coates Miller Bridge, in honor of Miller, who died in 2013.
Miller was the Arkansas representative of the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust for more than 20 years. In that role, she helped award grants totaling more than $60 million for Arkansas institutions.
At the time of her death, she was working on a proposal to fund the now-completed bridge. The Sturgis Trust donated a gift in her memory.
"The bridge makes it possible to visit and explore an island in the Arkansas River in its untouched state. This island will offer a unique natural experience in the heart of an urban setting. Walking trails and a fishing pier are planned on the eastern part of the island," a news release said.
The angel sculpture was designed by Dale Enoch of Loveland, Colo. It was paid for by friends of Miller.
The life-size bronze sculpture of a seated angel measures 3 feet from the bottom to the top of its wings with an arrow pointing upward. It was placed on a column of pink granite. Together with the angel and base, the structure is 6.5 feet tall.
Metro on 04/22/2017