WHO: Nevada Department of Transportation

WHAT: Government contractors are set to begin construction on a 162-foot-long wildlife overpass that will help animals cross U.S. Highway 93 in the northeast corner of the state. The overpass, funded by the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will cost taxpayers nearly $2 million.

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