The Hidden Engineering of Wildlife Crossings
Bridges for animals
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Errata: Several people have pointed out crossings that are larger than the Wallis Annenberg bridge will be. I should have said "largest of its kind," meaning true bridges.
The reasons we’re willing to invest so much into wildlife crossings aren’t as obvious as you might think, and there are some really interesting technical challenges when you’re designing infrastructure for animals.
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Grady Hillhouse is a professional civil engineer and hobbyist everything else in San Antonio, Texas. Randall Munroe said, "You can look at practically any part of anything manmade around you and think, Some engineer was frustrated while designing this. I...