Zoos with Entrance Bridges

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A post on the Kolmarden media page got me thinking. How many zoos have a bridge leading from the parking area to the entrance?
 
Kolmarden Wildlife Park (bridge over road)
Phoenix Zoo (bridge over lake)
Cincinnati Zoo (bridge over road)
Port Lympne Wild Animal Park (bridge over car park drive)
 
The ones which immediately came to mind are Walsrode and Cincinnati :p Bronx has a small bridge over the Bronx River that leads from the main parking lot to the entrance area if that counts.

~Thylo
 
Besides the zoos already mentioned, there is a small Dutch zoo called Dierentuin Animal Farm that has a small bridge as the facility is located on an island. Here is a photo of one side of the zoo:

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More I found:
Zoo d'Amiens
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Boras Djurpark (perhaps the best ever)
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Riverbanks Zoo
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Tulsa Zoo
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Toledo Zoo (is this at the entrance?)
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Happy Hollow Zoo (is this at the entrance?)
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Pretoria National Zoo (is this at the entrance?)
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Forgot about Tulsa's little bridge. Been to Riverbanks but I was dropped out directly at the entrance so I'm not sure where that bridge comes from.

~Thylo
 
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The Africa entrance to the North Carolina Zoo is connected to the parking lot by this bridge. From the bridge visitors can regularly see common snapping turtle, other species of turtle, and fish. The North American entrance has a bridge directly after the entrance plaza over a different lake. From that bridge, one can also see a variety of wild turtles and fish, as well as a partially-leucistic raccoon on my last visit.
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More I found:
Zoo d'Amiens
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Boras Djurpark (perhaps the best ever)
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Riverbanks Zoo
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Tulsa Zoo
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Toledo Zoo (is this at the entrance?)
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Happy Hollow Zoo (is this at the entrance?)
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Pretoria National Zoo (is this at the entrance?)
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Toledo's isn't really at the entrance, but since the zoo is divided by a major road, the bridge serves to connect the main zoo campus and the entrance area/ Arctic/Africa exhibits.
The bridge at Toledo isn't technically the entrance but it might as well be, only a tiny portion of the zoo is on the entrance side of the bridge.
 
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