The 'World's Largest Wildlife Crossing' Will Help Animals Walk Safely Over Eight Lanes of California Traffic

[Judi Lynn]

The 210-foot-long bridge across a busy freeway in Los Angeles County is expected to be finished in 2025

Sarah Kuta
Daily Correspondent

April 24, 2024



This rendering shows what the wildlife crossing will look like when completed. Rock Design Associates / National Wildlife Federation

When freeways are built through their natural habitats, animals often end up suffering—and so do humans on the road. Every year, more than one million wildlife-vehicle collisions occur across America, resulting in 200 deaths and 26,000 injuries to drivers and passengers.

Now, an ambitious project in California aims to help address this problem. Crews are building the “largest wildlife crossing in the world of its kind” over Highway 101 in Los Angeles County.

When the project is finished in 2025, the manmade crossing should provide safe passage for mountain lions, bobcats, deer, lizards, coyotes, snakes and ants as they move between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills of the Santa Susana mountain range.

More:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-largest-wildlife-crossing-will-help-animals-walk-safely-over-a-busy-california-freeway-180984206/

[70sEraVet]

1. I hope that wildlife bridge can withstand earthquakes.

I applaud the effort. And i have no doubt that animals will use the bridge much more responsibly than humans use the highway under it -- no littering or 'bridge-rage' incidents!

[Brenda]

2. Great news!

Wherever these bridges have been built they have been very successful.

Thanks for posting Judi Lynn.