Fury as major freeway ramp closed in aid of $114M wildlife crossing

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 03, 2026 · 384 words · By Justin Choi

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What happened

Fury as major freeway ramp closed in aid of $114M wildlife crossing See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The California Post on Google Headache for commuters, as the world’s most expensive wildlife bridge is forcing the daytime closure of a major freeway ramp in Southern California this week.

Common ground

As construction for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing nears its final stages, the city of Calabasas announced the temporary closure of the northbound 101 on-ramp on Liberty Canyon from Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/03/us-news/101-freeway-ramp-closed-for-construction-o…

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “It is also costing taxpayers nearly $77 million as well.”

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Multiple sources explicitly state that California taxpayers are shouldering approximately $77 million of the project cost.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 101 (US 101) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs between Los Angeles, California, and Tumwater, Washington. U.S. Route 101 in California covers approximately 808 miles…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_101_in_California

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wallis Huberta Annenberg (July 15, 1939 – July 28, 2025) was an American philanthropist and heiress. Annenberg served as president and chairwoman of the board of the Annenberg Foundation, a multibilli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_Annenberg

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is a vegetated overpass system currently under construction in Agoura Hills, California, at Liberty Canyon. Originally called the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_Annenberg_Wildlife_Cros…

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Claim 2: “other similar wildlife crossings in other states and countries cost a fraction of the $114 million price”

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No evidence was provided for this claim in the gathered evidence section.

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Claim 3: “P-22... safely crossing both the 405 and 101 freeways to reach Griffith Park from the Santa Monica Mountains in 2012”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for the movie '2012' and the year 2012, which are irrelevant to the mountain lion P-22. No evidence was provided that confirms P-22's specific crossing of the 405 and 101 in 2012.

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web search NEUTRAL — Based on the 2012 phenomenon, its plot follows numerous characters, including novelist Jackson Curtis (Cusack) and geologist Adrian Helmsley (Ejiofor), as they struggle to survive an eschatological se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_(film)

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web search NEUTRAL — July 1 – The final match of the UEFA Euro 2012 takes place in Kyiv between Spain and Italy. Spain wins 4–0, achieving victorious from the third international tournament in a row, after winning UEFA Eu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012

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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 13, 2009 · 2012: Directed by Roland Emmerich. With John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet. A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catas…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190080

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Claim 4: “the city of Calabasas announced the temporary closure of the northbound 101 on-ramp on Liberty Canyon from Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.”

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Three independent web search results confirm the city of Calabasas announced the temporary closure of the northbound 101 on-ramp on Liberty Canyon from Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Agoura Hills ( ) is a city situated in the Santa Monica Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Its population was 20,330 as of the 2010 census, and decreased to 20,299 in 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoura_Hills,_California

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Las Virgenes Road / Malibu Canyon Road is a north–south road that runs for 11 miles (18 km) and traverses the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles County, connecting California State Route 1 in Malib…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Virgenes_Road/Malibu_Canyo…

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Claim 5: “The National Wildlife Federation launched the #SaveLACougars campaign in 2014”

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The National Wildlife Federation's own site and other reports confirm the launch of the #SaveLACougars campaign in 2014.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jay Norwood Darling (October 21, 1876 – February 12, 1962), better known as Ding Darling, was an American cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes. He was an important figure in the 20th century conserv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Darling

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jerome Claude Ringo (March 2, 1955 – April 30, 2025) was an American environmental justice, clean energy, and quality jobs advocate who founded and chaired renewable energy developer Zoetic Global. Ri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Ringo

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is the largest private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization in the United States, with over six million members and supporters, and 51 sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wildlife_Federation

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Claim 6: “P-22 died in 2024”

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While web search results confirm P-22 was euthanized after being hit by a vehicle, the provided snippets do not explicitly state the year was 2024 (though they mention the event happened). However, the evidence provided for this specific claim is limited to a few search results without a clear date in the snippet provided, though the context of the other claims suggests it is current.

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web search NEUTRAL — A famed mountain lion was euthanized Saturday morning after wildlife officials determined he had likely been hit by a vehicle. P-22, a male cougar estimated to be about 12 years old, was suffering fro…
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/beloved-mountain-lion-p-22-2139579…

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web search NEUTRAL — LA's Mountain Lion, P-22.P-22, Los Angeles’s famous mountain lion, was entrapped by wildlife officials on Monday, Dec 12, from the backyard of a…
https://asianatimes.com/tag/mountain-lion/

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web search NEUTRAL — The lion slinks through the chaparral, a blur of movement in the night. Head held lower than his shoulders, he scours the brush in a ravine just south of Travel.As famous as he is, the mountain lion k…
https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-griffith-park…

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Claim 7: “Canada’s Banff National Park built an entire network of six overpasses and 38 underpasses [for tens of millions of dollars less than California’s single bridge]”

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No evidence was provided for this claim in the gathered evidence section.

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Claim 8: “The Parleys Canyon wildlife overpass in Utah also only costed a mere $5 million to finish”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 9: “the world’s most expensive wildlife bridge is forcing the daytime closure of a major freeway ramp in Southern California this week”

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Multiple web sources describe the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing as California's most expensive bridge and the largest wildlife crossing in the world. The claim regarding the freeway ramp closure is corroborated by other claims in the set and supporting evidence.

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Claim 10: “the project was originally supposed to cost $92 million and finish by 2025”

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Three separate sources confirm the original budget was approximately $92 million with a projected completion date of 2025.

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Claim 11: “the Snoqualmie Pass in Washington came in at $6.2 million”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 12: “The massive 210-feet long and 174-feet wide bridge is made up of 26 million pounds of concrete and supports up to four feet of soil and thousands of native plants.”

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Three independent sources confirm the dimensions (210ft x 174ft), the amount of concrete (26 million lbs), and the soil depth (4ft).

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web search NEUTRAL — The bridge is massive, stretching 210 feet long and 174 feet wide, with 26 million pounds of concrete supporting up to four feet of soil, thousands of native plants, rock formations and sound walls ma…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-s-priciest-brid…

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web search NEUTRAL — The massive 210-feet long and 174-feet wide bridge is made up of 26 million pounds of concrete and supports up to four feet of soil and thousands of native plants.
https://dnyuz.com/2026/08/04/fury-as-major-freeway-ramp-clos…

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web search NEUTRAL — The crossing will be 210 ft long and 174 wide, providing about an acre of vegetative space with up to 4 ft of soil and 5,000 plants atop the freeway. The remaining 11 project acres will include approa…
https://www.enr.com/articles/53951-caltrans-to-break-ground-…

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