The three-pronged pedestrian bridge — the first of its kind in Austin — will finally complete the 10-mile Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail around Lady Bird Lake.
The bridge will connect will Longhorn Shores, Canterbury Park and an unnamed peninsula in Lady Bird Lake. The existing pedestrian bridge from the peninsula to Canterbury Street — indicated by the letter C — will be removed.on the eastern edge of Austin's most popular trail, the city has finally found a path forward with a $4 million cash infusion from the federal government.
As part of the project, a 6-foot-wide pedestrian tunnel under Pleasant Valley Road will be replaced with a more spacious 16-foot-wide tunnel with better lighting and a higher, arched ceiling.Plans call for replacing the 6-foot-wide pedestrian tunnel under Pleasant Valley road with an arched, 16-foot wide tunnel with better lighting.that included $20 million for the project. But escalating costs and an expanded scope that includes more sidewalk improvements pushed the budget higher.
"It is going to not just rival, but I think beat out any other bridge in the city for how beautiful it's going to be," Casar said Thursday."You're going to see people getting proposed to on this bridge. You're going to see folks playing live music on this bridge. It is really going to be a special place."
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