A tiny squirrel bridge has stood since 1963

Longview, Washington built what it calls the world's first bridge for squirrels, and it has been standing since 1963. The Nutty Narrows Bridge is a 60-foot span made partly from repurposed fire hose, strung above a busy road so the town's squirrels could cross without meeting a car. A local builder named Amos Peters designed it after watching too many of them fail the same journey. The bridge worked. Squirrels used it, and still do, and the town grew fond enough of the crossing to keep it maintained for six decades. Longview now holds an annual Squirrel Fest in its honor, with vendors and a parade and people who genuinely enjoy talking about rodents. The city has since added more squirrel bridges. There is a bronze statue of Peters downtown, holding a small model of the one he made first.