I found such a photo on the Internet and became interested in what function such a structure could perform.
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.
Looks like a nice choke point for a predator to hang about.
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 havemy been eaten by a mountain lion yet. 100% success. I’m qualified.
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.
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!
Buried highways would be insanely expensive, and in the case of invasion, one well placed shot would completely kill logistics for the defenders as much as it would for the invaders, so probably not the best idea to rely on those
I am not a clever pony.
That’s beautiful ngl
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
Street smarts!
Well they better learn. Or else… THEY DIE.
Definitely not Doom.
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
Ohhh yeah. Gotta let the leeches in.
Will there be compacted earth on top of the tunnel so animals can walk?
Yep, they call them land bridges. More of a hill than a mountain, but the meme is right!
This is cool. This is the first time I have heard about such projects.
revisit the comment thread as someone has now posted a photo
Nature is already a “nature highway”, we fucked it up and now consultants sell the term “nature highway” to act like they are doing someone a favor. This is just restoring SOME man-made damage to an area to a less functional state than original for (hundreds of?) millions of dollars. Better than nothing sure, but not a “nature highway” for Simba, Timon and Pumba to dance and sing songs upon.
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’ve heard that makes the spot real popular with sparkly vampires.
Fucking scrubs, can’t hunt without getting an unfair advantage.
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.
Common in New Jersey too. Were essentially Europe of America.
“Essentially” is doing SOOOO much work there (for anyone not from America).
Hey, we’re trying, just as hard as my “essentially” is.
Wouldn’t that be California?
You mean the New Jersey of the West Coast?
Were essentially Europe of America.
Get back to me when you have mandatory vacation time, universal healthcare, universal college-level education, universal pre-k, family leave, modern public transportation, non-crumbling infrastructure, climate-friendly policies, etc, etc.
NJ offers free community college, they’re working on universal preschool but it varies district to district (my district is about to move it to thee years old), NJ Transit trains are built in Germany, so that’s something right? We are working on offshore wind farms but the Dutch company backed out (and to be fair the economy is a shit show and I get it and I won’t point fingers). NJ is pretty much as progressive as it gets in the US, which is why I referred to it, tongue in cheek, as the Europe of America.
Some of the US is trying, and the amount of unjustified shit reddit, and now Lemmy, throw indiscriminately at the US is foolish. To suggest Mississippi and Vermont are the same is just not true, but that’s the vibe I get when I scroll through “America Bad” after “America Bad” post.
There’s no reason for people to be up on their high horse when we’re all a decade away from collapse. Let’s be friends and joke with one another. Sometimes all you got is jokes.
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Oh wow I didn’t know new jersey had rail and walkable streets
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 must be fun at parties.
Loool gottem
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.
My first thought as well.
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
That was my first guess about its purpose. Thanks for the info!
Could be for a skii-slope as well. There are similar structures in Are, Sweden for example.
On ski mountains these are usually placed in an avalanche prone area to stop the snow blocking the road
They’re probably going to hold an overpass on top of it later
I think that the overpass needs more powerful supports
I suppose it would depend on what is passing over.
Curved Tunnel ceilings are quite strong, as they distribute the pressure of the surrounding rock/soil quite well. So if it is covered with loads of rocks and soil it could probably hold another street passing over.
Nature bridge
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/
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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
soon.
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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