Incredibly, these overpasses and passageways were built specifically for animals and look beautiful and environmentally friendly.
Figure 1 is an animal overpass in Germany;
Figure 2 is the animal passage in Finland;
Figure 3 is the Animal Bridge in Montana, USA;
Figure 4 is the elephant underground passage in Kenya;
Figure 5 is the blue penguin underground passage in New Zealand.
In 1950, France was the first to build bridges for animals, and later Europe and the United States began to prevail. There are 600 animal passages in the Netherlands alone.
These countries do this to give wildlife a way to live.
With the advent of well-connected roads and railways, wildlife's life is relatively difficult. Roads block the passage between the same species, resulting in the shrinking range of many rare animals and the imminent extinction of species.
In addition, there are many wild animals that ignore the traffic on the highway, directly flip through the fence, and run from this side of the road to that side, resulting in crash deaths.
In the United States, there are more than 1 million wildlife car accidents each year, causing nearly $8 billion in damage.
To this end, the United States decided to build an animal safety passage on Los Angeles Highway 101. Because about 300,000 cars have to pass through this section of the road every day, it is also a high incidence of accidents, and animals are often suddenly knocked over.
The overpass is called the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. Figure 6 is the design of this overpass. The United States is expected to spend $87 million to complete the project. Construction commenced in April 2022 and is scheduled to be completed in 2025.
The bridge spans 10 lanes and is 61 meters long and 50 meters wide.
Many netizens feel that this bridge can not spend nearly 600 million yuan at all, which is pure bragging.
Uncle Dan first told everyone about the advantages of this bridge over the previous animal bridges, and you will know whether it is worth the cost.
First, the bridge is covered with a lot of dense vegetation, which is not ordinary flowers and grasses, but primitive vegetation, such as oak trees and willow trees.
Soil scientists and mycologists collected samples of nearby soil, so that the soil on the bridge and the nearby soil were seamlessly connected, and the animals could pass through the bridge deck without defense.
Animals are afraid of headlights and honking. In order to reduce the panic caused by the lights and horns to the animals, light guide plates and soundproof walls were also installed on the bridge.
In order to prevent animals from falling from the bridge, a 3.6-meter fence will be installed on the bridge. In addition, considering that there are also small animals passing by, such as squirrels, lizards and the like, a fine protective net has been added.
Now let's evaluate, is this bridge worth that money?
You also know which unknown animal bridges, welcome to leave a message.
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