Al Hedman took his grandchildren for a special bike ride Thursday on a route that's been 20 years in the making. Hedman was all smiles as he biked from his house off Mullan Avenue north of Interstate 90 to his Huckleberry Thicket business on Seltice Way on the south side of the freeway with grandkids Jax and Sydney via the new Greensferry overpass that opened to traffic late Thursday afternoon. "We wanted to be the first ones to ride our bikes over it," Hedman said before a patriotic dedication ceremony attended by about 500 citizens, government officials, business leaders, construction workers and students. "This is going to be great because, with the kids, you could never go on Highway 41 or Idaho Street." Flags that had flown at the capitol buildings in Boise and Washington, D.C., were raised by Post Falls Police and American Legion Post 143 honor guards on both sides of the overpass so freeway travelers in both directions will see a flag that will also be lit at night/Brian Walker, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.