Largest wildlife overpass in North America saving lives of people and animals

Source: New York Post

While 100,000 drivers barrel down Interstate 25 in Colorado each day, moose, mountain lions, elk, deer, bears and pronghorn are happily hoofing right over their heads. The Greenland Wildlife Overpass, a lush, landscaped bridge spanning the six-lane highway between Castle Rock and Monument, has given Colorado’s wildest residents their own 200-by-209-foot overpass while connecting 39,000 acres of habitat that the interstate had long divided, according to the Colorado DOT. The overpass, which opened in December and is the largest in North America, was built for good reason: that same stretch of I-25 averaged one wildlife-vehicle collision every single day — some deadly.