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Cool Stuff Daily

California Wildlife Crossing, Women Arrested Immediately After Leaving Jail, and TDIH - The Transcontinental Railroad is Completed

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The world’s largest wildlife crossing is officially under construction in southern California, plus a stupid criminal gets what’s coming to her … hint: it’s jail … jail is coming to her. Also,  on This Day in History, the transcontinental railroad is completed with a The Golden Spike. Wildlife Crossing (Annenberg Foundation) Woman Arrested After Leaving Jail (AP News) The Golden Spike (History To Go) (National Park Service) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Instagram - Facebook   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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slash setup welcome back to another edition of cool stuff ride home on today's episode

0:35.4

the world's largest wildlife crossing, officially under construction in Southern California.

0:41.3

Plus, a stupid criminal gets what's coming to her.

0:45.3

Hint, it's jail. Jail's coming to her.

0:48.3

And on this day in history, the Transcontinental Railroad is completed with the Golden Spike.

0:53.3

That's coming up on cool stuff.

0:56.0

Well, file this under Things I Did Not Know Were Happening.

0:59.4

And I'm somewhat surprised that's the case, given how frequently I make the drive into California

1:04.3

from my home here in Southern Nevada.

1:06.6

Late night drivers of the 101 freeway in Agora Hills, California have been dealing with construction of late.

1:13.6

That's because crews are busy building the largest wildlife crossing in the world.

1:17.6

The project began in April with the first girders being laid over the eight-lane freeway just outside Los Angeles,

1:24.6

all with the goal of preserving the local mountain lion population

1:29.5

while making driving safer for everyone in the area. After years of work, erecting the first

1:35.5

horizontal section of the 210 foot long crossing was an historic moment for the National Wildlife

1:41.6

Federation, the Caltrans Highway Department, and many private and public partners.

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