Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge
The Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge crosses over Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. Before construction of the Longhorn Dam was completed in 1960, the bridge crossed the Colorado River from which Lady Bird Lake is impounded.Photo: Stuart Seeger, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in United States of America
- Also known as: “Congress Avenue Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Four Seasons Hotel Austin and Austin City Hall.
Four Seasons Hotel Austin
Hotel
Four Seasons Hotels Limited, trading as Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, is a Canadian luxury hotel and resort company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Four Seasons Hotel Austin is situated 960 feet east of Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge.
Austin City Hall
Town hall
Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
Austin City Hall is the seat of Austin municipal government, located at 301 W 2nd St in downtown Austin, Texas. The current building was completed in 2004. It is the meeting place for the Austin City Council. Austin City Hall is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge.
Long Center for the Performing Arts
Theater building
Photo: Kevinwagn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue located along Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin, Texas. The Long Center is the permanent home of the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Austin Opera and Ballet Austin and hosts other Austin-area performing arts organizations. Long Center for the Performing Arts is situated 1,900 feet west of Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rainey Street Historic District and Downtown Austin.
Rainey Street Historic District
Neighborhood
The Rainey Street Historic District is a street of historic homes, many of the bungalow style, in downtown Austin, Texas. Rainey Street is positioned near Lady Bird Lake and Interstate 35 in the southeast corner of downtown.
Downtown Austin
Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Downtown Austin is a district of Austin, Texas, west of IH-35, north of Lady Bird Lake, and south of MLK Street.
Austin
Photo: boltron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Austin is a city of about 1,054,000 surpassing Fort Worth to become the 4th most populous city in Texas. It is on the southeast edge of the Hill Country region of Texas, making it the fourth-largest city in the state and the 11th-largest in the country.
Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge
- Categories: road bridge and transportation
- Location: Travis, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.26139° or 30° 15′ 41″ northLongitude
-97.74529° or 97° 44′ 43″ westOpen location code
86247763+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 708605258OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q4766731
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In Other Languages
From French to Lithuanian—“Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge” goes by many names.
- French: “Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge”
- Hebrew: “גשר שדרת הקונגרס על שם אן ריצ’רד”
- Lithuanian: “Kongreso alėjos tiltas”
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