File:Congress Avenue Bridge.jpg

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This bridge was renamed the Ann W. Richards Congress Bridge in honor of former Texas Governor, Ann W. Richards.

Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge is home to the world's largest urban bat colony, which is composed of Mexican Free-tailed Bats. The bats reside beneath the road deck in gaps between the concrete component structures. They are migratory, spending their summers in Austin and the winters in Mexico. According to Bat Conservation International[1], between 750,000 and 1.5 million bats reside underneath the bridge each summer. Since Austin's human population is about 750,000, there are more bats than people in Austin during the summer.

Wikipedia : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_Avenue_Bridge
Date Taken on 1 August 2010, 21:48
Source Congress Avenue Bridge
Author Stuart Seeger from San Antonio, Texas, USA
Camera location30° 15′ 41.18″ N, 97° 44′ 42.06″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by StuSeeger at https://www.flickr.com/photos/50203533@N00/4851391405. It was reviewed on 9 December 2012 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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