The Colorado Department of Transportation recently completed construction of the new I-25 Greenland Wildlife Overpass near Larkspur, which is among North America’s largest wildlife overpasses; work that included covering the structure’s surface with dirt and vegetation.
[Above photo by the Colorado DOT]
Some 76 girders hold up the deck of this overpass – completed in less than a year, ahead of schedule and on budget – which spans six lanes of interstate traffic and connects 39,000 acres of habitat on both sides of I-25 between the towns of Larkspur and Monument.
Colorado DOT said more than 100,000 vehicles a day travel this area and that the wildlife expected to use this overpass include big game animals such as moose, bear, mountain lions, elk, mule deer, and pronghorn deer – along with smaller animals as well…