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.
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/
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
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.
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
“I don’t understand a thing and therefore it’s dumb!!!”
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