- City:
- Austin, TX
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Bureau of Public Roads (BPR)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
- Designer:
- Gibb Gilchrist
- Contractor:
- Holland Page
Description
On January 9, 1936, the Austin City Council adopted a resolution to request the Texas State Highway Commission to seek federal funds to separate the grade of Enfield Road from the International–Great Northern Railroad tracks. The Highway Commission with assistance from the United States Bureau of Public Roads built an underpass to take Enfield Road beneath the train tracks.
Source notes
Austin City Council Meeting Minutes - January 9, 1936 https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=118342Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on May 17, 2014.
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