Overcrossing would be first of its kind in Northern California, part of a growing trend to avoid animal-vehicle collisions.
A sprawling cattle ranch along Highway 101 near the border of Santa Clara and San Benito County could become home to a unique overpass. Not for cars, but for wildlife.
Planning is still in the early stages for the crossing, which would be the first such natural bridge built over any freeway in Northern California. An overcrossing would probably be 120 to 160 feet wide. It would be constructed of concrete and covered with grass, brush, rocks, logs and possibly even trees. Fencing would be built along parts of the freeway to help keep animals off the road and direct them to the overpass, Robertson added.
Bryan Largay, left, conservation director with the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, and Barry Baker, director of land protection with the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, tours Rocks Ranch near San Juan Bautista, Calif., on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Rocks Ranch is a 2,600-acre cattle ranch recently acquired by the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County.
A bird flies at Rocks Ranch in San Juan Bautista, Calif., on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Rocks Ranch is a 2,600-acre cattle ranch recently acquired by the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County. Bryan Largay, conservation director with the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, tours Rocks Ranch near San Juan Bautista, Calif., on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Rocks Ranch is a 2,600-acre cattle ranch recently acquired by the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County. Animal crossings are part of a growing trend in California and the West — and are already making a difference.
In Wyoming, state fish and game officials built two wildlife bridges in 2012 for pronghorn antelope to cross over Highway 191 near Pinedale, along with six underpasses. Wildlife-vehicle crashes have dropped by 85% in the area since then.Construction began last spring on an $87 million wildlife bridge with vegetation over the 10-lane 101 freeway at Liberty Canyon in Agoura Hills.
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