Girders swing in place for wildlife crossing over 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills
Massive work begins on the $92 million Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing stretching across the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills this week. All lanes of the southbound 101 Freeway from Cheseboro Road to Liberty Canyon Road were being closed Monday through Friday this week from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. and closures will continue for weeks.
Workers prepare for a night of construction of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 Freeway at Liberty Canyon in Agoura Hills on Monday night, April 16, 2024. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
Heavy canes start putting in the multi ton bridge beams on the second night as construction of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 Freeway at Liberty Canyon in Agoura Hills, continued on Monday night, April 17, 2024. All lanes of the 101 Freeway were closed overnight and will continue for six to eight weeks to allow crews to complete a key stage in the construction of the $92 million.
(Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
Traffic is taken off of the freeway as CHP shut down the southbound 101 Freeway lanes for construction of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 Freeway at Liberty Canyon in Agoura Hills on Monday night, April 16, 2024. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer)
Since Tuesday, workers have manipulated a crane to put seven girders in place. Eventually, crews will lift into place 82 girders over the freeway that will form the skeleton of the freeway overpass — for animals. The crossing, which will be covered in soil, plants, shrubs and small trees, will look like an extension of the natural hillside terrain to attract mountain lions, which often try to cross the freeway to find mates and food. Many have died.
“With the placement of these horizontal supports, the structure is truly going to start looking like the bridge it will become,” says Beth Pratt, California regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation and founder of The Wildlife Crossing Fund. The overnight closure of the southbound lanes will continue for three to four more weeks, said Eric Menjivar, Caltrans spokesperson. Then Caltrans will do the same with the northbound lanes, he said. The crossing is expected to be completed by early 2026.
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