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This design was ultimately selected by city council, and construction began on May 15, 2000; the bridge was officially opened to pedestrian and cyclist traffic on June 16, 2001, whereupon it was named for James D. Pfluger, a notable Austin-area architect who designed parts of the city's hike and bike trail system. [5]
The 'Public Subway' sign at this transit system entrance refers to the pedestrian subways underneath the junction, not to the London Underground.. In the United States, as used by the California Department of Transportation and in parts of Pennsylvania such as Harrisburg, Duncannon and Wyoming County, subway refers to a depressed road undercrossing.
The Capitol View Corridors are a series of legal restrictions on construction in Austin, Texas, aimed at preserving protected views of the Texas State Capitol from various points around the city. First established by the Texas Legislature in 1983 and recodified in 2001, the corridors are meant to protect the capitol dome from obstruction by ...
A recent study [5] did extensive spatial analysis and correlated several building, site plan and social factors with crime frequencies and identified nuances to the contrasting positions. The study looked at, among others, a) dwelling types, b) unit density (site density) c) movement on the street, d) culs–de-sac or grids and e) the ...
City planners might analyze this projected impact and justify charging higher impact fees. In other cases, local residents lobbying against a new development might use circulation plans to justify the denial of a development's building permit, citing decreased quality due to overcrowding, noise pollution, traffic, and so on.
The Texas Highway Department designed the current bridge and requested federal emergency relief funds from the Bureau of Public Roads to rebuild it. [4] Work on the bridge began on February 15, 1937. The bridge was completed on February 11, 1938, by Vincennes Steel Corporation under contract to the Highway Department at a cost of nearly ...
In 2013 the Moody Foundation donated $50 million to the college, for which the school was renamed the Moody College of Communication; some of those funds were used to pay for the design and construction of the pedestrian bridge. [3] Construction on the bridge was approved by the Austin City Council in June 2015 and began shortly thereafter. [4 ...