I found such a photo on the Internet and became interested in what function such a structure could perform.
That’s an unfinished nature bridge.
Quite a common feature in Europe. Gives the animals safe passage over busy roads.
More or less safe. Predators often camp these choke points for obvious reasons.
Fucking campers…
I read pedesterians often camp these choke points. I was picturing hobo joe sitting there to catch a passing rabbit or deer for a good meal.
…narrated by David Attenborough.
Fucking scrubs, can’t hunt without getting an unfair advantage.
I’ve heard that makes the spot real popular with sparkly vampires.
not just that but it saves human lives as well by reducing animal collisions.
And the true motive bubbles to the surface. Drivers must be prioritized at all costs.
Edit: damn y’all really salty, ask yourself what the chances are they would have built this if only wildlife benefitted and maybe you’ll see my point
You think people built entire highways just because they wanted the most inefficient and expensive way to screw over some deer? No fucking shit all this infrastructure is for driving.
No I thought they built highways because they wanted the most inefficient and expensive way to get around.
You must be fun at parties.
Loool gottem
My first thought as well.
It’s not finished. It will look like this when they complete it. It’s a nature bridge.
If a duct that transfers water is an Aquaduct, then a duct that transfers nature is an Ecoduct
What about a duct that transfers ducks?
Ducktoduct
What if the Ducktoduct was made of duct tape?
Well that would just be hilarious.
In that case, the bridge in OP’s image is currently just an airduct.
The caption is a joke, but it’s basically correct.
This kind of looks like the new one they’re building in Banff National park. I drove through over the summer when they started it. They have a bunch of them set up throughout the park.
https://discoverapega.ca/stories/wildlife-crossings-key-to-highway-safety-in-banff/
My guess is that it will be a “nature highway” so migratory species can cross over the road
These are great for wildlife as they provide a safe crossing over high-speed highways. They are usually design to be in already existing migration paths where moving a proposed highway may not work and not disrupting migration paths is of importance.
So they’re literally building the mountain next year. Neat.
They dug it out before. Later they rebuild it. But if they wait for a year, nature suffers much.
It’s also amazing visually! Forget regular highways! Let’s have buried highways! That’s especially good for if our country is invaded because we can install physical barriers to logistical supply lines against us!
Looks like a nice choke point for a predator to hang about.
Possibly but I’d think it’s still safer than vehicles and less disruptive to overall migration for a given species.
I wonder if there’s been any studies showing how effective, if at all, these are.
It’s taken into consideration of the design of these crossings.
I’d like to read about that,understand how it’s done. it’s a thought I have whenever I see them but of course the professionals designing them would have thought about it.
IIRC they just hire someone to sit there and say “shoo” at any potential predators
How can I get this job? I’m almost 40 and I haven’t been eaten by a mountain lion yet. 100% success. I’m qualified.
This is the one! They’re ridiculously effective, so much so that my home provinces is sinking like 250 million into building 5 more of them over the next 5 years
It actually takes 50 million to make these? Gimme 50 good men who want to be millionaires and we can figure out the capital cost between us.
A lot of the money is probably sunk into ecological surveys, permits, bureaucracy overall
Sure looks like an animal crossing.
Why do they put deer crossing signs on the highway? Why can’t they put them on smaller roads instead‽
Also, deer can’t read street signs, so they don’t know where to cross.
Street knowledge
Coquihalla highway has something like this to keep avalanches and rocks off the road.
It’s the only tunnel I’ve driven that has windows.
Great Bear Snow Shed https://maps.app.goo.gl/HJUSEtGB2Jg8FFTN7
We had a few of these built in my country to allow wildlife to cross safely.
We’ve had a few of these built on my planet too actually
They disrupt the nature a little less. Animals aren’t hit crossing the street because they can go over and other small benefits like that. They also look nice and tunnels are fun when your car sounds nice
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