wildlife crossing
Sign in to saveAlso known as wildlife tunnel, green bridge, wildlife overpass, wildlife underpass, wildlife passage, ecoduct, wildlife bridge, animal bridge
structures that allow animals to cross human-made barriers safely, typically bridges and tunnels
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mitigation
- Subclass of
- bridge
- Part of
- wildlife corridor
- Has part
- green roof
- Image
- Kolu ökodukt Tartu maanteel 2021. aasta septembris.jpg
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- used by
- wildlife
- OpenStreetMap tag
- man_made=wildlife_crossing
- facet of
- habitat fragmentation
- Commons category
- Wildlife crossings
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Encyclopedic overview
Wildlife crossing, Highway 1 (Israel) Florida State Route 46 was elevated over this underpass. There are channeling fences on either side of the crossing. Drone video of Kolu wildlife overpass in Estonia (September 2021) Wildlife crossings are structures that allow animals to cross human-made barriers safely. Wildlife crossings may include underpass tunnels or wildlife tunnels, viaducts, and overpasses or green bridges (mainly for large or herd-type animals); amphibian and reptile tunnels; fish ladders; canopy bridges (especially for monkeys and squirrels); tunnels and culverts (for small mammals such as otters, hedgehogs, and badgers); and green roofs (for butterflies and birds).
Wildlife crossings are a practice in habitat conservation, allowing connections or reconnections between habitats, combating habitat fragmentation. They also assist in avoiding collisions between vehicles and animals, which in addition to killing or injuring wildlife may cause injury or death to humans and property damage.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “wildlife crossing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.