Wildlife and Roads

A resource for mitigating the effects of roads on wildlife using wildlife crossings such as overpasses, underpasses, and crosswalks.

This resource can be used to address the issues associated with wildlife corridors, habitat fragmentation, wildlife-vehicle collisions involving deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, carnivores, amphibians and reptiles, and small mammals, and other animals, and other road ecology issues.

Project Name: I-70 Dowd Junction underpass, CO, USA

Proj. Date: 1970

Number of Structures: 1

Location: I-70 near west Vail

Type: Underpass

Target Species:

On Pub. Land? NF

Height: 3, Width: 3, Length: 30.5

Fencing? yes, Fence Info: h=2.4m

Comments: 2 skylights

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