Native plants are being placed on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing Tuesday, marking another milestone for what officials say will be the largest bridge of its kind in the world.

Over the next few months, about 5,000 more plants are expected to be installed along the bridge — which stretches over all 10 lanes of the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills — to help create a nearly one-acre wildlife habitat.

Once complete, the crossing is expected to reconnect areas traversed by Southern California mountain lions , bobcats, deer, bats, birds and other animals — big and small.

The native plants, which include dozens of species sourced from within a 5-mile radius of the crossing in the Santa Monica Mountains, come from a nursery that was created specifically for the project. Officials said a

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