Bypass wings it with bat bridges

Special bridges to help bats with their flight path have been built as part of a £42m road scheme in Cornwall.

The two so-called "bat bridges" on the Dobwalls bypass are to help the protected creatures use their sonar to find their way to their roosts.

Previously they followed a line of hedges which were removed for the road.



The bridges are to stop them from becoming confused as a result of the hedges' removal and help them continue to fly their usual route.

Two bridges - costing a total of £250,000 and made out of steel wire and netting stretched in a V-shape - have been built which cut across the bypass carriageways.

They cross along the same path the hedges used to follow.