Some pedestrian spaces to be affected by long-term Austin construction project

AUSTIN - Heads up Austinites: Some of your favorite city spaces may be impacted by the "I-35 Capital Express Central Project."

I-35 Project

Austin under bridge

Construction is taking place along I-35 between 290 East and Highway 71 at Ben White Boulevard.

Major changes are on the way for Central Texas as the I-35 Capital Express Central Project moves forward.

TxDOT has plans to close the parking lot under the I-35 bridge and will close for equipment storage for the I-35 Capital Express Central Project.

This multi-billion-dollar project will lower the roadway and add two non-toll lanes in each direction.

It will also rebuild east-west cross-street bridges and create new pedestrian and bicycle paths.

TXDOT says short segments of the trail will close for about a week at a time, up t