Snake River levee ramps<\/a> constructed on the south and east side of the Wilson Bridge suggested ungulates\u2019 preference for using crossing structures. According to Teton County, the WY22\/390 intersection was previously one of the highest hotspots for vehicle-wildlife collisions in the region, particularly with moose.<\/p>\n\u201cColliding with a moose can be catastrophic,\u201d Teton County Public Works Project Manager Chris Colligan said. \u201cThey\u2019re large animals and hitting one can easily total a car or cause serious injuries. These crossings are already helping reduce those risks.\u201d<\/p>\n
The wildlife underpasses project was a collaborative effort, funded by WYDOT, Teton County and the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resources Trust. Teton County used funds from a voter-approved specific purpose excise tax for wildlife crossings that was approved in 2019, for $10 million.<\/p>\n
Teton County reminds the public to only use the pedestrian underpasses, not the wildlife underpasses. Human presence can deter wildlife from moving through the structures, Teton County wrote via press release. <\/p>\n
With wildlife activity expected to increase this fall, Teton County urges drivers to remain alert, especially during dawn and dusk hours, and near known migration corridors. Drivers should be extra alert near the fence ends of Snake River Bridge project at Wenzel Lane and Iron Rock Road on WY22, and Raven Haven Drive on WY390.<\/p>\n
Teton County has identified additional high-priority sites for future wildlife crossing projects, and the full list of proposed locations can be seen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSON, Wyo. \u2014 On Thursday, Sept. 11, Teton County, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) and the Wyoming…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":224266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[13819,1663,1665,159,121587,121588,121589,1668,121590,121591,67,132,68,837,40506,61708,1669,121592,110465,121593],"class_list":{"0":"post-224265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-jackson","9":"tag-jackson-hole","10":"tag-jackson-wyoming","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-snake-river-bridge","13":"tag-snake-river-bridge-project","14":"tag-snake-river-bridge-replacement-project","15":"tag-teton-county","16":"tag-the-wyoming-department-of-transportation","17":"tag-the-wyoming-game-and-fish-department","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-wildlife","22":"tag-wildlife-crossing","23":"tag-wildlife-crossings","24":"tag-wyoming","25":"tag-wyoming-department-of-transportation","26":"tag-wyoming-game-and-fish-department","27":"tag-wyoming-game-and-fish-department-wgfd"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115198525967236004","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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On June 27, a mule deer and her fawn use the wildlife structure. Photo: Teton County<\/li>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/w3.jpg\")
On June 9, a moose crosses under the bridge, while a truck drives over the bridge. Photo: Teton County<\/li>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/w.jpg\")
On June 7, a moose and her calf use the wildlife structure. Photo: Teton County<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n