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From: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 20071108
Author:Azios, Tony

Byline: Tony Azios Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

Concord, Mass. -- Two Massachusetts towns that surround Henry David Thoreau's beloved Walden Woods are considering whether to walk in the American philosopher's conservationist footsteps. At a projected cost of $2 million to $3 million, a proposed 25-foot-wide by 100-foot-long overpass would span a four-lane stretch of Route 2, allowing wildlife and humans to safely traverse between the two sections of the Walden Pond State Reservation that the state highway bisects. The passage, a rarity in the United States, ...

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