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I found such a photo on the Internet and became interested in what function such a structure could perform.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's an unfinished nature bridge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Quite a common feature in Europe. Gives the animals safe passage over busy roads.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

not just that but it saves human lives as well by reducing animal collisions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

No I thought they built highways because they wanted the most inefficient and expensive way to get around.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You must be fun at parties.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Loool gottem

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

My guess is that it will be a “nature highway” so migratory species can cross over the road

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

A lot of the money is probably sunk into ecological surveys, permits, bureaucracy overall

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

1000006081

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So they're literally building the mountain next year. Neat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

They dug it out before. Later they rebuild it. But if they wait for a year, nature suffers much.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Looks like a nice choke point for a predator to hang about.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's taken into consideration of the design of these crossings.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

IIRC they just hire someone to sit there and say "shoo" at any potential predators

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sure looks like an animal crossing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why do they put deer crossing signs on the highway? Why can’t they put them on smaller roads instead‽

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also, deer can't read street signs, so they don't know where to cross.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Street knowledge