Upper and Lower Shoal Creek Bridges - Austin TX

City:: Austin, TX
Site Type:: Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
New Deal Agencies:: Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA)
Started:: 1934
Completed:: 1934
Quality of Information:: Minimal
Marked:: No
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

The Civil Works Administration built two bridges in 1934 to carry Shoal Creek Boulevard over Shoal Creek. The Upper Shoal Creek Bridge structure consists of a shallow concrete arch between concrete piers. The Lower Shoal Creek Bridge structure consists of flat concrete slabs between concrete piers.

The two lane bridges are open to traffic and are contributing structures to the Old West Austin Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 2003.

Source notes

(August 2014) Pease Park Master Plan Appendix B: Cultural Resources. Draft copy, pp. 13 & 15.
ftp://ftp.ci.austin.tx.us/PARDPlanningCIP/McKnight_HistoricResources/PeaseParkMasterPlan/Draft_Master_Plan/Appendices/03-Appendix%20B%20Cultural%20Resources.pdf

Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on April 28, 2018.