Man Found Dead Under Downtown Austin Bridge

AUSTIN, TX — A homeless man living under a downtown highway overpass was found dead a tent on Thursday, police said.

The deceased man was found under the highway at Interstate 35 and Cesar Chavez Street just before 8:45 a.m., police said in a tweet. "We're waiting for autopsy results to determine the cause of death, but it is not considered suspicious at this time," police wrote on Twitter.

No further details were released.

The grim discovery came as Gov. Greg Abbott is poised to dispatch Texas Department of Transportation crews to underpasses and bridges to rid those areas of homeless people. The governor has escalated state effort to intercede in ridding areas of homeless individuals, engaging in escalating criticism of efforts by council officials to accommodate the population while exerting local ordinances.

The sight of the site where the dead man was found — cordoned off with police tape with crime investigators surrounding the area — caught the attention of passersby, some of whom took cell phone pictures of the scene.