Today, the ARC International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition unveiled its five finalist designs for a next generation wildlife crossing at West Vail Pass, Colorado. 
Today, the ARC International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition unveiled its five finalist designs for a next generation wildlife crossing at West Vail Pass, Colorado. The competition is intended to solve the problem of ensuring safe travel for humans and wildlife. Collisions between vehicles and wildlife have increased by 50 percent in the past 15 years threatening human and wildlife safety, and costing Americans $8 billion dollars annually. Bustler
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All the winners seem to be coming from the same idea. It must be the competition statement.
I like Olin's - I like that it looks like it would actually fulfill the requirements of letting animals move (it doesn't look overly bridge-ey), and that it also looks very cool from the driver's perspective.
Donna, agreed i like Olin's the best too. It is the most "natural" looking to me.
As for the fact that all seem to be playing with same idea, I wonder how much variation one can have when the competition is specifically for a wildlife crossing over a highway.
Yeah, I imagine you can't do too much with a wildlife crossing without running the risk of scaring away all the animals.
I like the Balmori entry the most- the modular wood structure is simple and clever- a good use of all the trees around the Rockies (especially around Vail) that have been killed by pine beetles in the past few years.
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