Colorado's wildlife overpass has slashed vehicle wildlife collisions along the corridor by 91% since 2024.
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Apple News TodayOct 21, 2026
The 91% drop in wildlife-vehicle collisions along the I-25 corridor is consistently reported by multiple outlets citing CDOT and Colorado Parks and Wildlife, but the overpass opened in December 2025, not in 2024, so the 'since 2024' timeframe is contradicted. The claim's 91% figure and attribution are supported; its start date is not.
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… It's a bridge built over a major highway, completely blanketed in grass, so wildlife can cross safely. And researchers found it is working. Mule, deer, elk and black bears have made the bridge their preferred commute, slashing vehicle wildlife collisions along the corridor by 91% since 2024, and human commuters are seeing fewer delays as well. The Guardian reports that nearly 20 of these kinds of bridges are in the works across the us but Colorado's is the biggest. …
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Contradicts. The overpass was completed in December 2025 according to the Gazette and MyModernMet, which contradicts the claim's 'since 2024' starting point.[2][3][4]
Supports. Multiple outlets report a 91% decrease in wildlife-vehicle collisions on the I-25 stretch near the Greenland overpass, citing state wildlife managers and transportation officials.[2][5][6][7]
Supports. Colorado Sun reports that drivers hit two animals in roughly 10 months after the overpass opened, versus about one per day before, which is consistent with the 91% figure.[3][7]
Context. Reported dollar figures differ: the Reuters piece cites $22 million for an I-25 overpass, while other outlets cite $15 million for the Greenland overpass; this does not bear on the collision claim.[1][6][8]
Context. The 91% figure is a roughly 10-month post-opening result, and the claimant's passage matches the extracted wording, so no scope was widened in extraction beyond the 'since 2024' date.[5][7]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 6 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1US awards $110 million to reduce wildlife car collisionsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2CDOT I-25 South Gap projects reduce wildlife collisions by 91%gazette.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 3Colorado's Largest Wildlife Overpass Has Cut Animal-Vehicle Collisions by 91%mymodernmet.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 4A New Wildlife Crossing in Colorado Has Already Cut Vehicle Collisions by 91 Percentthisiscolossal.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Largest wildlife overpass in North America located in ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 6Wildlife collisions down 91% at North America's largest wildlife overpassnewsnationnow.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 7I-25 wildlife crossing cuts collisions by 91% near Castle Rockcoloradosun.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 8Largest Wildlife Overpass Allows Animals to Cross ...people.com · not rated · cited for: context
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