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Austin’s Congress Avenue Bat Attacks

When Austin approved plans to renovate Congress Avenue’s bridge over Town Lake in 1980, the city had no idea what it was in for. Having incorporated 16-inch-deep expansion joints into the bridge’s new design, its engineers had unknowingly drawn up blueprints for the perfect bat flat. It turned out that the expansion joints, narrow gaps…

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