Colorado's Giant Wildlife Overpass Cuts Animal Collisions 91 Percent

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorColorado has built the largest animal crossing overpass in North America over Interstate 25, and collisions between wildlife and vehicles there are down ninety-one percent, Smithsonian Magazine reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBefore it opened, something hit something about once a day in migration season. That's a lot of bumpers, Hank.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhich makes the pronghorn our Animal of the Day. Officials say they're now crossing to the west side for the first time in decades.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorDecades. They had a whole side of the road they couldn't visit.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe title is Most Improved Commuter, Interstate Division.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorStat line: two hundred feet of bridge, six lanes of traffic beneath, and zero apologies to the drivers.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSince it opened ten months ago, the Colorado Sun says just two wildlife-vehicle accidents have been reported.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo. I'm going to say something and I want you to stay calm. I'm genuinely proud of them.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTo every pronghorn who looked at six lanes of traffic and went over it, instead of through it: you did the sensible thing.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHank, you're welling up.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's the acre of bridge. Thank you to the six lanes of traffic, who were underneath for it.