Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge

About this audio guide

This guide to the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge in Austin follows the architect it is named for, James Pfluger, and two Austin residents, cyclist Chris Kern and jogger Jack Slaughter, killed on the old Lamar Boulevard bridge nearby. It traces how a historic bridge's protected design forced the city to build somewhere else entirely, and touches on a persistent local legend about how Pfluger himself died. Listen for the small plaques underfoot as you cross.