ruction ▁by ▁tall ▁buildings ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁ ▁On ▁July ▁ 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁the ▁bridge ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places ▁in ▁recognition ▁of ▁its ▁architect ural ▁significance ▁and ▁its ▁continu ing ▁importance ▁to ▁Austin ' s ▁transport ation ▁infrastr ucture . ▁Today , ▁the ▁bridge ▁still ▁car ries ▁L amar ▁Bou lev ard ▁( now ▁designated ▁part ▁of ▁Texas ▁State ▁Highway ▁Loop ▁ 3 4 3 ) ▁across ▁the ▁Colorado ▁and ▁supports ▁substantial ▁ped est rian ▁and ▁veh icular ▁traffic ▁daily ; ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁study ▁by ▁the ▁Dow nt own ▁Austin ▁Alliance ▁assert ed ▁that ▁the ▁bridge ▁now ▁experiences ▁more ▁than ▁twice ▁the ▁traffic ▁volume ▁it ▁was ▁designed ▁for . ▁ ▁Add ition ▁of ▁parallel ▁ped est rian ▁bridge ▁ ▁The ▁bridge ▁was ▁built ▁with ▁no ▁dedicated ▁b icy cle ▁lan es ▁and ▁with ▁narrow ▁side wal ks ▁separated ▁from ▁the ▁street ▁only ▁by ▁low ▁cur bs . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁the ▁site ▁became ▁not orious ▁for ▁road ▁acc idents ▁involving ▁cycl ists ▁and ▁ped est ri ans . ▁The ▁City ▁of ▁Austin ▁expl ored ▁possibilities ▁for ▁w iden ing ▁the ▁bridge ▁to ▁add ▁space ▁for ▁non - autom ot ive ▁traffic , ▁but ▁the ▁Texas ▁Historical ▁Commission ▁opposed ▁these ▁propos als ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁desire ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁bridge ' s ▁historic ▁design . ▁This ▁conflict ▁eventually ▁led ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁to ▁the ▁construction ▁of