Checking out a Dutch wildlife bridge: 'Eco-Aquaduct Zweth en Slinksloot'

A major impact of human development is habitat fragmentation, and one way to help mitigate this is through wildlife bridges, also known as wildlife crossings, eocducts, or green bridges, which help reconnect fragmented habitats and allow wildlife to travel between disconnected ecosystems. I recently came across this one, called Eco-Aquaduct Zweeth en Slinksloot', which crosses the A4 near Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Check it out!
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[@ollie7381]

The stacked pipes you saw on the ground are needed for building an underground heat transport pipeline. In regard of climate change one of the actions is the heating of houses and buildings in The Hague (up to Leiden, I think) with the residual heating of heavy industries in the Rotterdam erea.

[@MrSeine2]

Didn't know this. And I'm dutch and I cycled in Delft. Seeing this makes me proud.

[@lbergen001]

Interesting video👍👍. Fun fact. The Zwet is part of the water management of Delft since the 15th century.

[@robertdegroot8302]

Thanks for the making the video, nice to finally see a place like this. @5:46 I hate people who bust foreigners for mispronouncing things, but I have one pet peeve: the 's' in Dutch is never ever pronounced as 'sh'. That's a German thing!

[@lijnenjoost]

Check out the Vecht aquaduct on the A1 east of Amsterdam (Weesp). A tunnel under the river( and also the biggest train bridge near by). You can sail above the highway

[@aadmannee3928]

Speaking about the impact of a road: this road has special lighting, specifically designed to minimize light spreading into the surrounding area.

[@spinningtrue]

That's really cool! Thanks for the info!

[@jeffturner8927]

A great idea. So good for the environment. Thank you for showing us around.

[@spinningtrue]

You are so welcome!

[@margreetanceaux3906]

There’s a lot of ecoducts in this small country, as well as fauna-tunnels for animals who prefer crossing unseen ;-) And one of the most remarkable versions is the fauna-portal, where the regular portals with the traffic-signs are made accessible for squirrels and pine marten.

[@Cl0ckcl0ck]

The toad-tunnels are pretty remarkable too. :)

[@MonsieurRaki]

This is not just being kind to animals, it's also a lot about watermanagement to prevent flooding and environmental reasons like reducing emissions/cooling the environment down. So we save money and the economy this way.. Flooding would ruin all the built-up and our economy. The Randstad is where a lot of economy is built... So still kind of capitalistic ;)

[@spinningtrue]

Yes but it's friendly capitalism :).

[@dutchman7623]

Good video! According to me there is a protected undeep area under the walk for animals to hide, and not being eaten by the big fish or birds. You'll see this along banks of rivers, a wet connection aside from the mainstream to enable certain animals to cross. And the road was a big investment, all the extras to protect the direct surroundings and environment were part of the conditions under which this road was permitted. As little impact as possible. We try to keep 'The Green Heart' of the Randstad green.

[@infj4w511]

If we didn't have artificial wildlife, we didn't have any nature. And a whole country without nature is not something you want to imagine

[@guidodebruijn1788]

Thank you for sharing this video. There is a typo in the title. The right spelling is Zweth. This name is derived from the word Zwet, which is an old Dutch word for boundary. nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweth

[@spinningtrue]

Fixing it, thanks!

[@JasperKlijndijk]

cycle the afsluitdijk with the worst headwind

[@deheermailmum5036]

Sweat Slinksloat will help you pronounce it better