Austin Road Network Map
Centred on the historic 1839 Waller grid between Shoal Creek and Waller Creek, Austin radiates outward across Lady Bird Lake and the Texas Hill Country via major interstate and tollway spines.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
Austin
Urban Grid Pattern
Historic Core Grid & Hill Country Sprawl
Estimated Road Ways
24,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
30.10, -97.94 to 30.52, -97.56
Primary Arterial Corridors
Congress Avenue, Lamar Boulevard, MoPac Expressway (Loop 1), I-35, 6th Street
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Austin roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Austin', {
minLength: 2, // Filter micro segments
includeLabels: true // Minimalist typography
});
console.log(res.svg); // Clean XML <path> markup
Supports iframe postMessage bridge for automated pipelines.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does City Roads render Austin roads?
City Roads pulls raw street geometries from OpenStreetMap using the Overpass API or pre-indexed protobuf graphs, rendering them in real time on a high-performance WebGL canvas.
Can I export high-resolution posters of Austin?
Yes! The interactive viewer allows selecting custom background paper hues, ink colors, and exporting vector SVG (infinitely scalable) or print-quality PNG raster snapshots.
Is commercial use permitted?
Map geometries are licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) by OpenStreetMap contributors. You are free to print, plot, and share visualizations with appropriate OSM credit.