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Forested Overpasses Allow Animals to Cross Safely Over Highways

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Re: Forested Overpasses Allow Animals to Cross Safely Over Highways

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Forested overpasses are expensive, and so few will ever be built.

A simple, cheap, and unglamorous solution is to simply put culverts under the highway at regular intervals, open at both ends. Culverts come ready made in all sorts of sizes, just dig a trench cross-ways and drop it in during construction or repaving.

Highways tend to be above grade anyway, so the openings of the culvert can be above grade and it won't fill with water.

Of course, this does not preclude having a fancy forested overpass here and there as well.

Re: Forested Overpasses Allow Animals to Cross Safely Over Highways

#72

People in cities need something similar. It would be hugely beneficial to have a bustling business district lined up on the left and right side of urban freeway crossings.

We do. Big highways without enough pedestrian bridges have a horrible effect on pedestrians and bikes, basically cutting towns and cities in half. I currently work just north of a 6-lane toll road, and it's a reasonable bike commute. I used to work just south of it, and it was a much worse commute, because there are no pedestrian bridges or small quiet roads crossing it, only a few busy arterial roads, full of drivers already in highway mode, trying to dive for an exit ramp, not thinking about pedestrians or bikes.
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