Longhorn Dam
Longhorn Dam is a dam crossing the Colorado River in Austin, Texas, United States, where it creates Lady Bird Lake. Completed in 1960, the dam was built by the City of Austin as the last in a chain of Colorado River dams in central Texas begun during the Great Depression.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Travis County, Texas, United States of America
- Also known as: “Town Lake Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plaza Saltillo station and University of Texas Elementary School.
Plaza Saltillo station
Railway station
Plaza Saltillo station is a CapMetro Rail hybrid rail station in Austin, Texas. It is located in East Austin at the corner of Fifth and Comal Street adjacent to the Plaza Saltillo complex which, in turn, was built in 1998 as a result of a collaborative effort between the city of Austin, the city of Saltillo, Capital Metro and Ole Mexico, an east Austin cultural group. Plaza Saltillo station is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Longhorn Dam.
University of Texas Elementary School
School
University of Texas Elementary School is a state charter primary school located at 2200 East 6th Street in Austin, Texas, United States. The school is affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin College of Education. University of Texas Elementary School is situated 4,000 feet north of Longhorn Dam.
Plaza Saltillo
Bike rental
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Cesar Chavez and East Riverside-Oltorf.
East Cesar Chavez
Neighborhood
East César Chávez, historically and originally named Masontown or Masonville, is a neighborhood in Austin, Texas. It is located in the central-east part of Austin's urban core on the north bank of the Colorado River.
East Riverside-Oltorf
Neighborhood
Rainey Street Historic District
Neighborhood
The Rainey Street Historic District is a street of historic homes, many of the bungalow style, in downtown Austin, Texas. Rainey Street is positioned near Lady Bird Lake and Interstate 35 in the southeast corner of downtown. Rainey Street Historic District is situated 1½ miles west of Longhorn Dam.
Longhorn Dam
- Location: Travis, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.25035° or 30° 15′ 1″ north
Longitude
-97.71351° or 97° 42′ 49″ west
Elevation
430 feet (131 metres)
Inception
1960
Height
36 feet (11 metres)
Operator
Austin Water
Open location code
8624772P+4H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Longhorn Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Longhorn Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Longhorn Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد القرون الطويله”
- Italian: “diga di Longhorn”
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