Animals are the part of our Nature and we, humans with our architecture are destroying slowly their home. They are becoming so endangered and their homes are being moved further away. The roads are one of the deadliest threats to them. For that, there are some architects that though of to build amazing bridges like overpasses or underpasses to help animals cross the roads safely. These animals crossings were first invented in France, during 1950s, and slowly accepted by other countries.
These amazing bridges are just small contribution of us, humans, to the animal world to keep them safe. There are countless number of road accidents caused by animals that were passing the roads. There are not only animal casualties but in most of those accidents people gets hurt too. With building these overpasses or sometimes underpasses, some of those problems are being fixed. Here is a list of those 12 amazing bridges with this even more amazing purpose.
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
By Qyd (talk · contribs) (Self-photographed) [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons
Veluwe, Netherlands
via ARC Solutions / RWS / Henri Cormont
Watchung Reservation, USA
By Doug Kerr from Upstate New York (Interstate 78 – New JerseyUploaded by Dough4872) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
E314, Belgium
By Хрюша, via Wikimedia Commons
B38, Birkenau, Germany
Image via reddit, h4m
Keechelus Lake, Washington, USA
Image by Washington State Dept of Transportation via Flickr
Wildlife overpass in France
Image via loodusajakiri
Brisbane, Australia
Image via Expressway © Rob Tilley
Fort Vancouver, Washington, USA
Image via Confluence / Andrew Brahe
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Image via Workplace Safety North / Ministry of Transportation – Ontario
Underpass for Elephants, Kenya
Image via Amusing Planet
Crabs Bridge for migration, Christmas Island
Image via treehugger / Christmas Island Tourism Association / BBC