A downtown Austin street sign was discovered defaced on Tuesday with the name of the late actor Burt Reynolds, who died earlier this month.

The Austin Transportation Department said it was alerted to the vandalism on Tuesday. The B.R. Reynolds Drive sign at Lamar Boulevard had small white letters added onto it to change the name to "Burt Reynolds Drive."

Transportation officials said its streets and signs crew was preparing to replace the sign but it had not done so on Tuesday afternoon during rush hour traffic.

Reynolds died Sept. 6 from cardiac arrest. He is best known for his roles in the movies Deliverance and Smokey and the Bandit.

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