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County engineer outlines potential bridge grant bids and weighs concerns about 91,000‑pound truck pilot
Summary
The county engineer told supervisors about an open competitive highway bridge program that could bundle several county bridges into a $30 million application and flagged fast deadlines and consultant costs; the board also discussed a GoRail proposal on a 91,000‑pound overweight truck pilot and possible county response.
Muscatine County’s engineer briefed the Board of Supervisors on June 9 about opportunities and concerns affecting county bridges and heavy‑truck weight limits.
County Engineer Bridal Rochowski said the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP) opened a 2025 round and that preliminary screening identified roughly eight or nine county bridges meeting the program’s initial criteria. The DOT would bundle multiple bridges into a single application for federal funding that can reach roughly $30 million; the DOT is using an outside engineering…
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