#ecoduct

[coolthingsguyslike]

[engineeringandarchitecture]

Wildviaduct Woeste Hoeve Wildviaduct Woeste Hoeve is a nature bridge or ecoduct over the A50 between Apeldoorn and Arnhem near the hamlet of Woeste Hoeve in Netherlands. It was opened in 1988. Ten years earlier it was found that the road between those cities caused many victims because wild animals crossed the road. The deer habitat in the Veluwe was divided by the road in two; the animals had to cross the road, resulting in accidents. Photo by @rutgerdenhertog . . #wildviaduct #wildwissel #ecoduct #environmental #ecosystem #roadway #motorway #highway #freeway #animallovers #animallover #wildlife #wildnature #civilengineering #construction #bridge #apeldoorn #arnhem #loenen #veluwe #beekbergen #woestehoeve #netherlands #environment #nature #landscape #road #bridge #tunnel (at Woeste Hoeve, Gelderland, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIInFCBltOj/?igshid=l6k3k141jnzo

[pejsiok]

#edit & #publish #ecoduct #wildlifecrossing #pasosdefauna

[semlangendijk-blog]

The Passage, 2014

A story about the Dutch identity, through landscape design. Ecoducts are bridges over highways, to connect the various nature reserves, in order to increase the biodiversity and connect different herds of animals with each other. The series resulted in a book which deals with the design and intentions of this miniature man-made landscape. 

[geekinthelowlands]

The Netherlands contains an impressive display of over 600 wildlife crossings (including underpasses and ecoducts) that have been used to protect the endangered European badger,[4] as well as populations of wild boar, red deer, and roe deer. As of 2012, the Veluwe, 1000 square kilometers of woods, heathland and drifting sands, the largest lowland nature area in North Western Europe, contains nine ecoducts, 50 meters wide on average, that are used to shuttle wildlife across highways that transect the Veluwe. The first two ecoducts on the Veluwe were built around 1985 across the A50 when the highway was constructed. Five of the other ecoducts on the Veluwe were built across existing highways, one was built across a two lane provincial road. The two ecoducts across the A50 were used by nearly 5,000 deer and wild boar during a one-year period (Bank et al. 2002). The Netherlands also boasts the world's longest ecoduct-wildlife overpass called the Natuurbrug Zanderij Crailoo (sand quarry nature bridge at Crailo) (Danby 2004). The massive structure, completed in 2006, is 50 m wide and over 800 m long and spans a railway line, business park, river, roadway, and sports complex (Danby 2004). Monitoring is currently underway to examine the effectiveness of this innovative project combining wildlife protection with urban development. The oldest wildlife passage is Zeist West - A 28, officially opened in 1988 but already present for over 15 years and gladly but silently used by migrating wildlife.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_crossing#Ecoducts.2C_Netherlands

[matthewbrunnerthinks-blog]

A bridge in the Netherlands that actually attempts to preserve ecosystems. I would love to see something like this in America, but alas.

[howstrangethemusicsoundstome]

Ecoducts around the world

[howstrangethemusicsoundstome]

Highway Crossing Structures for Wildlife

Utah's highways are vital to the health of the state. They can present a significant barrier for wildlife migration. In order to prevent automobile/wildlife collisions and to increase habitat availability for animals, Wildlife biologists and the Utah Department of Transportation have designed and installed several overpasses and underpasses to allow wild animals to safely cross the highway.