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The southeastern U.S. is one of the fastest growing regions in the country. With the blossoming human population, a growing network of transportation corridors is emerging on sand, peat, limestone, and red clay soils of the Southeast. Along with this growth, state departments of transportation are demonstrating the valuable role that they can play in protecting and enhancing wildlife habitats throughout the region. This article, through case examples, outlines the some of the ways by which several southeastern U.S. states are successfully planning, building, and retrofitting roads with measures to improve landscape connectivity, reduce roadkills, and protect human lives and property from animal-vehicle collisions.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/03jul/11.cfm
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586080
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Levy, A
• Publication Date: 2003-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 44-48
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental protection; Highway corridors; Highway design; Highway planning; Regional development; Regional transportation; Rural highways; State departments of transportation; Wildlife
• Geographic Terms: Southeastern United States
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00963193
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 12 2003 12:00AM