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LA's freeways effectively cut wildlife into isolated groups. This isolation leads to a lack of genetic diversity and puts these creatures on the road to extinction.
Now private funds are building a bridge for them to cross over one massive freeway.
Hoping to fend off the extinction of mountain lions and
other species that require room to roam, transportation officials and
conservationists will build a mostly privately funded wildlife crossing over a
major Southern California highway. It will give big cats, coyotes, deer, lizards,
snakes and other creatures a safe route to open space and better access to food
and potential mates.
The span
along U.S. 101 will only be the second animal overpass in a state where tunnels
are more common. Officials say it will be the first of its kind near a major
metropolis and the largest in the world, stretching 200 feet (61 meters) above
10 lanes of busy highway and a feeder road just 35 miles (56 kilometers)
northwest of downtown LA.
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