I found such a photo on the Internet and became interested in what function such a structure could perform.
That’s an unfinished nature bridge.
Quite a common feature in Europe. Gives the animals safe passage over busy roads.
not just that but it saves human lives as well by reducing animal collisions.
More or less safe. Predators often camp these choke points for obvious reasons.
I read pedesterians often camp these choke points. I was picturing hobo joe sitting there to catch a passing rabbit deer for a good meal.
…narrated by David Attenborough.
Fucking scrubs, can’t hunt without getting an unfair advantage.
Fucking campers…
Common in New Jersey too. Were essentially Europe of America.
Well that explains the smell!
(I know very little about Europe or New Jersey)
“Essentially” is doing SOOOO much work there (for anyone not from America).
Hey, we’re trying, just as hard as my “essentially” is.
Wouldn’t that be California?
You mean the New Jersey of the West Coast?
Were essentially Europe of America.
Get back to me when you have mandatory vacation time, universal healthcare, universal college-level education, universal pre-k, family leave, modern public transportation, non-crumbling infrastructure, climate-friendly policies, etc, etc.
NJ offers free community college, they’re working on universal preschool but it varies district to district (my district is about to move it to thee years old), NJ Transit trains are built in Germany, so that’s something right? We are working on offshore wind farms but the Dutch company backed out (and to be fair the economy is a shit show and I get it and I won’t point fingers). NJ is pretty much as progressive as it gets in the US, which is why I referred to it, tongue in cheek, as the Europe of America.
Some of the US is trying, and the amount of unjustified shit reddit, and now Lemmy, throw indiscriminately at the US is foolish. To suggest Mississippi and Vermont are the same is just not true, but that’s the vibe I get when I scroll through “America Bad” after “America Bad” post.
There’s no reason for people to be up on their high horse when we’re all a decade away from collapse. Let’s be friends and joke with one another. Sometimes all you got is jokes.
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My first thought as well.
Also my first thought.
It was my first thought too
Actually it was my second.
Naaah, it was the first.
Honestly my first thought was snow shed but when I saw the nature bridge comments I was like oh derp yah that’s it. The slope isn’t steep enough to warrant a snow shed.
They disrupt the nature a little less. Animals aren’t hit crossing the street because they can go over and other small benefits like that. They also look nice and tunnels are fun when your car sounds nice
Yep, I love a good nature bridge!
It’s not finished. It will look like this when they complete it. It’s a nature bridge.
If a duct that transfers water is an Aquaduct, then a duct that transfers nature is an Ecoduct
In that case, the bridge in OP’s image is currently just an airduct.
The caption is a joke, but it’s basically correct.
We had a few of these built in my country to allow wildlife to cross safely.
We’ve had a few of these built on my planet too actually
That was my first guess about its purpose. Thanks for the info!
This kind of looks like the new one they’re building in Banff National park. I drove through over the summer when they started it. They have a bunch of them set up throughout the park.
https://discoverapega.ca/stories/wildlife-crossings-key-to-highway-safety-in-banff/
Coquihalla highway has something like this to keep avalanches and rocks off the road.
It’s the only tunnel I’ve driven that has windows.
Great Bear Snow Shed https://maps.app.goo.gl/HJUSEtGB2Jg8FFTN7
Italy and austria have a lor of those because of the mountains.
I should call her…
Nice beaver
// TODO: Support mountain package when it releases
Always a bit safer with a VPN
I Are they are used to ski over the road, it enables the slope to go all the way to the city cente.
They’re probably going to build an overpass on top of it later
I think that the overpass needs more powerful supports
Curved Tunnel ceilings are quite strong, as they distribute the pressure of the surrounding rock/soil quite well. So if it is covered with loads of rocks and soil it could probably hold another street passing over.
Nature bridge
soon.
“I don’t understand a thing and therefore it’s dumb!!!”