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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Over the weekend, the City tested out opening Sixth Street back up to cars. This is in place of closing the road down to vehicular traffic from Brazos to Red River Streets.

After Austin opened Sixth Street to vehicular traffic in January, it closed again this weekend as it had been for several decades prior.