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Title: Incredible Man-Made Highways Are Built Just for Animals
Post by: ZLoth on March 16, 2014, 10:32:34 AM
From Gizmodo:

These Incredible Man-Made Highways Are Built Just for Animals
QuoteHumans don't exactly have a stellar record when it comes to environmental stewardship, but that doesn't mean we aren't trying. Numerous projects around the world are working to rebuild lost habitats, protect vital wildlife highways, and regenerate lost populations. Here are a few man-made structures built on behalf of our four-footed brethren.
FULL ARTICLE HERE (http://markholtz.info/og)
Title: Re: Incredible Man-Made Highways Are Built Just for Animals
Post by: NE2 on March 16, 2014, 11:03:53 AM
Uh, these highways are not built just for animals. Over- or underpasses are provided on highways built for people.

PS: "a heard of cattle"
Title: Re: Incredible Man-Made Highways Are Built Just for Animals
Post by: ARMOURERERIC on March 16, 2014, 02:41:38 PM
Scripps-Poway Parkway in Northern San Diego has a tunnel system near it's eastern terminus with CA-67.  It even has a solar tube system to illuminate the inside during the day, you can see the tops of the light admitting structures in the median.
Title: Re: Incredible Man-Made Highways Are Built Just for Animals
Post by: formulanone on March 16, 2014, 03:59:13 PM
"Alligator Alley" is in Broward and Collier Counties, but not Lee County. Besides, most of the panther strikes were on FL 29 and US 41, since the Alley was widened between '90-'93.

The new Tamiami Trail bridge is quite amazing in scope, even though it's a single long span.
Title: Re: Incredible Man-Made Highways Are Built Just for Animals
Post by: NE2 on March 16, 2014, 04:02:13 PM
AAA thought Alligator Alley was being built just for gators. Hence the name.

North of here they've started putting in culverts for bears.
Title: Re: Incredible Man-Made Highways Are Built Just for Animals
Post by: andy on March 16, 2014, 08:04:17 PM
The new section of I-69 in south Indiana has an approximately 4400ft long bridge with run off collection to limit disruption of the Patoka River and associated wildlife reserve.
http://www.aspirebridge.com/magazine/2013Spring/I-69TwinBridgesOverThePatokaRiver.pdf (http://www.aspirebridge.com/magazine/2013Spring/I-69TwinBridgesOverThePatokaRiver.pdf)

Similar to the cattle tunnel in the article, US 50 west of Shoals, Indiana, has a box culvert the farmer is allowed to use as a cattle tunnel.  It's probably not uncommon.

Title: Re: Incredible Man-Made Highways Are Built Just for Animals
Post by: theline on March 17, 2014, 12:17:39 AM
Those are provided not only for livestock, but also to allow the farmer to get his machinery between the halves of his field, without a long haul to the nearest overpass. They are not uncommon.