While we were lounging on the couch reading novels and eating ice cream this summer, the Austin Transportation and Public Works departments were hard at work sifting through responses from a community engagement project involving five designs for a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Lady Bird Lake, as well as improvements to the existing bridge. Of the five bridge alternatives the project team presented – plus a no-build option – the community was most enthusiastic about Alternative B (see diagram below), a bridge shaped like a wishbone that connects to the shoreline in three spots. The team will present its recommendation to the public at a final open house this fall and a final preliminary engineering report will also recommend one bridge alternative sometime this winter. Sign up for project updates here.
City narrows options for Longhorn Dam bridge design
