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Planned F58 bridge replacement may require removing walnut trees; county notes safety and historic-review findings
Summary
Muscatine County public works staff told supervisors that a planned F58 paving project and nearby bridge replacement will likely require removing rows of walnut trees inside the road's clear zone; historical review through SHPO/NEPA found limited grounds for national listing and county has contacted the Wilton Train Depot Museum ahead of potential removals, with construction projected in 2027.
County public works officials updated the Muscatine County Board of Supervisors on March 23 about a planned paving project on F58 and an associated bridge replacement near the county line that will likely affect a continuous row of walnut trees along the roadway.
Officials said the paving will extend from the Wilton city limits to the county line (with Cedar County to continue paving to Durant) and that the adjacent bridge—described as a nonredundant steel-member structure formerly called "fracture critical"—will be replaced. The walnut trees fall within the road’s clear zone and pose a safety hazard,…
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