During the 2015 Memorial Day rain event and flooding, the concrete bridge at Country Club Creek sustained major structural damage and collapsed when the concrete footings supporting the bridge sections were undermined by flood waters surging downstream through the channel. Severe erosion occurred all along the drainage channel. The Parks Department has worked closely with the Watershed Protection Department to provide a permanent solution to stabilizing the channel and replacing the bridge crossing of the creek. Work on site began in late September 2022 and is now complete and open to the public! A ribbon cutting is being planned to celebrate the project later this fall. City Council District 3
Construction Update
The bridge, trail and all areas of the park previously closed for this project are now open! The channel has been seeded and will revegetate fairly quickly.
Project Description
Austin Parks and Recreation (APR) has worked closely with the Watershed Protection Department, (WPD), Capital Delivery Services (CDS), and the Austin Water utility, (AWU) to provide a permanent solution to stabilize the channel embankments, arrest the erosion and replace the lost infrastructure to restore connectivity through the park. While the long-term solution was being developed, smaller interim projects were completed to temporarily protect existing parkland, infrastructure, and private property upstream. These temporary measures included using large boulders for armoring areas severely scoured by erosive forces at two separate locations along the channel. Another small project removed and stored an existing metal-truss pedestrian bridge that was vulnerable to loss along the heavily scoured cut-bank of the channel just east of Krieg Softball Fields #10 and #11.
Additional information on the channel stabilization project can be found at the Watershed Protection Department channel stabilization.
Channel grading September 2025
Project Timeline
- Fall 2017-Spring 2020: Preliminary Design
- Summer 2020: 60% Design Complete
- Fall 2021: 100% Design Complete
- Spring 2022: Issued for Bid
- Summer 2022: Construction Start
- Late Fall/Winter 2024: Pedestrian Bridge installation
- September 2025: Construction complete and open to the public
Community Engagement
5/3/2017 Design Commission Review
6/17/2017 Austin Ridge Riders Meeting
Funding and Resources
The estimated construction cost for the bridge and stabilization project was 25 million dollars funded through a combination of Drainage Utility Funds, General Funds, 2018 Bond Funds, and a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant.
Contact Information
D'Anne Williams, APR Project Manager, 512-974-9456
Darryl Haba, CDS Project Manager, 512-974-2777