Wildlife Bridge Connecting National Parks in Australia Helps Animals Cross a Busy Highway

Cawleys Bridge, spanning the Princes Motorway south of Sydney between Heathcote National Park and Royal National Park, has been retrofitted to create a dedicated wildlife corridor allowing koalas, gliders, wombats, echidnas, and other native species to safely cross a major highway for the first time in decades. The bridge features vegetated pathways, rope crossings for arboreal species, and ground-level corridors to reconnect fragmented habitats.