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Shoal Creek is a stream and an urban watershed in Austin, Texas, United States.. Shoal Creek has its headwaters near The Domain and runs in a southerly direction, soon reaching the intersection of Texas State Highway Loop 1, locally known as "MoPac Expressway" or simply "MoPac," [note 1] and Highway 183.
The West Sixth Street Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge in downtown Austin, Texas.Built in 1887, the bridge is one of the state's oldest masonry arch bridges. It is located at the site of the first bridge in Austin, carrying Sixth Street across Shoal Creek to link the western and central parts of the old city.
The Third Street Railroad Trestle is an open-deck railroad trestle bridge built of creosote-coated pine timber.It is 150 ft (46 m) long and 30 ft (9.1 m) wide, rising to a height of 35 ft (11 m) above the bed of Shoal Creek.
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Nowhere is Austin's economic boom more apparent than in the city's real estate. Home of the Week: Inside a $5.5 Million Midcentury Austin Marvel With Prime Shoal Creek Views Skip to main content
By July 5, 1929, Austin's city council had approved funds for a construction easement along West Fifth Street to the Shoal Creek crossing. [5] Construction began and was completed in 1931, at a total cost of $31,650.31 (equivalent to $630,000 in 2023). [2]
On October 31, 1938, the Public Works Administration (PWA) offered the City of Austin a grant not to exceed $613,127 to cover 45% of the costs of school buildings, a stadium and field house, and additions and alterations to existing school buildings, including necessary equipment and acquisition of necessary land under PWA Docket No. Texas-2134-F. House Park was built using a portion of this ...
Centrally located in between Mopac Expressway/Loop 1 (to the west) and 183/Research Blvd. (to the north), the North Shoal Creek neighborhood has an area of 1.179 square miles (3.1 km 2) and a population of 4,302 or 0.6% of Austin's population. [3] The neighborhood area is pedestrian friendly and integrates bus routes, biking trails and sidewalks.