West Fifth Street Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Southeast view from street level | |
| Coordinates | 30°16′10″N 97°45′08″W / 30.26956°N 97.75236°W |
| Carries | West Fifth Street |
| Crosses | Shoal Creek |
| Locale | Austin, Texas United States |
| Owner | City of Austin |
| ID number | 142270B00015001 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cantilever girder bridge |
| Material | Concrete |
| Total length | 112 feet (34 m) |
| Width | 52.5 feet (16.0 m) |
| Longest span | 44 feet (13 m) |
| No. of spans | 3 |
| Piers in water | 2 |
| No. of lanes | 4 |
| History | |
| Designer | Hans R.F. Helland |
| Constructed by | John F. Johnson |
| Construction cost | $31,650.31 |
| Opened | 1931 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 16,000 vehicles per day (2019) |
West Fifth Street Bridge at Shoal Creek | |
  West Fifth Street Bridge at Shoal Creek  West Fifth Street Bridge at Shoal Creek | |
| Coordinates | 30°16′10″N 97°45′09″W / 30.26944°N 97.75250°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP reference No. | 100004750[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 3, 2019 |
The West Fifth Street Bridge is a historic cantilever concrete girder bridge in downtown Austin, Texas. Built in 1931, the bridge carries Fifth Street across Shoal Creek to link central Austin with neighborhoods that were then the city's western suburbs. It is one of only a handful of curved cantilever girder bridges in Texas, built as part of the city's 1928 master plan for urban development and beautification. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.