Liberty Bridge architect discusses its impact [Video]

CAMPAIGNING IN MICHIGAN AND NEW YORK THIS WEEK. 20 YEARS AGO, THIS MONTH, THE LIBERTY BRIDGE IN GREENVILLE OPENED FOREVER CHANGING DOWNTOWN’S LANDSCAPE. AND AS WE CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, MIGUEL ROSALES, THE BRIDGE’S ARCHITECT, IS REFLECTING ON ITS IMPACT HERE IN THE UPSTATE AND HIS JOURNEY IN THE UNITED STATES. REY LLERENA SPOKE WITH HIM EARLIER TODAY. HE JOINS US LIVE AT FALLS PARK WITH MORE. RAY. NIGEL. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TAKE SELFIES AND CROSS THE LIBERTY BRIDGE EVERY DAY. BUT IT WAS THE VISION OF A GUATEMALAN IMMIGRANT THAT HELPED TRANSFORM GREENVILLE’S DOWNTOWN. FOR THE LONGEST TIME, THERE HAD BEEN A HIGHWAY COVERING THE FALLS. MIGUEL ROSALES, REFLECTING ON 20 YEARS SINCE THE LIBERTY BRIDGE OPENED AT FALLS PARK. HE WAS RECENTLY IN GREENVILLE TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY. THE AFTERNOON OF THE DAY I ARRIVED, I COULD SEE SO MANY HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CROSSING THE STRUCTURE …