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The Trinity River Project is a public works project undertaken in the 2000s in the city of Dallas, Texas, United States.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 26 relations: Austin, Texas, Dallas, Downtown Dallas, Great Trinity Forest, Harold Simmons, Lady Bird Lake, Levee, Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Margaret McDermott Bridge, North Texas Tollway Authority, Ron Kirk, Ross Perot Jr., San Antonio, San Antonio River Walk, Santiago Calatrava, Texas, Texas Department of Transportation, Texas State Highway Spur 366, Trinity Parkway, Trinity River (Texas), Trinity River Audubon Center, United States, United States dollar, Urban park, West Dallas, Wetland.

  2. Downtown Dallas
  3. Parks in Dallas
  4. Trinity River (Texas)

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.

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Downtown Dallas

Downtown Dallas is the central business district (CBD) of Dallas, Texas, United States, located in the geographic center of the city.

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Great Trinity Forest

The Great Trinity Forest is a forested urban park located on the southern outskirts of the heavily urbanized area of southern Dallas, Texas, and it is recognized as one of the largest urban forests in the United States. Trinity River Project and Great Trinity Forest are parks in Dallas and Trinity River (Texas).

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Harold Simmons

Harold Clark Simmons (May 13, 1931 – December 29, 2013) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist whose banking expertise helped him develop the acquisition concept known as the leveraged buyout (LBO) to acquire various corporations.

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Lady Bird Lake

Lady Bird Lake (formerly, and still colloquially referred to as Town Lake) is a river-like reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas, United States.

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Levee

A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.

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Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge

The Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge is a bridge in Dallas, Texas, that spans the Trinity River.

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Margaret McDermott Bridge

The Margaret McDermott Bridge is a conventional concrete pier-and-beam freeway bridge with cable-stayed bike lines over the Trinity River in Dallas, Texas.

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The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) is a not-for-profit government organization that maintains and operates toll roads, bridges, and tunnels in the North Texas area.

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Ron Kirk

Ronald Kirk (born June 27, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Trade Representative from 2009 to 2013, as the 97th Secretary of State of Texas, and as the 56th Mayor of Dallas from 1995 to 2002.

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Ross Perot Jr.

Henry Ross Perot Jr. (born November 7, 1958) is an American businessman and real estate developer best known for his development of Alliance, Texas, an inland port near Dallas–Fort Worth, and for making the first circumnavigation of the world in a helicopter, at age 23.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census.

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San Antonio River Walk

The San Antonio River Walk is a city park and special-case pedestrian street in San Antonio, Texas, one level down from the automobile street.

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Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava Valls (born 28 July 1951) is a Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single leaning pylons, and his railway stations, stadiums, and museums, whose sculptural forms often resemble living organisms.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Texas Department of Transportation

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is a Texas state government agency responsible for construction and maintenance of the state's immense state highway system and the support of the state's maritime, aviation, rail, and public transportation systems.

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Texas State Highway Spur 366

Spur 366, also named the Woodall Rodgers Freeway, is a freeway that connects Beckley Avenue and Singleton Boulevard in West Dallas to Interstate 35E and U.S. Highway 75 (North Central Expressway) in central Dallas, Texas.

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Trinity Parkway

The Trinity Parkway was a proposed six-lane toll road in Dallas, Texas (USA), to run from the State Highway 183/Interstate 35E interchange to the U.S. Highway 175/Interstate 45.

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Trinity River (Texas)

The Trinity River is a river, the longest with a watershed entirely within the U.S. state of Texas.

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Trinity River Audubon Center

The Trinity River Audubon Center is a nature center in the Great Trinity Forest, a large urban open space park in Southeast Dallas, Texas. Trinity River Project and Trinity River Audubon Center are parks in Dallas and Trinity River (Texas).

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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Urban park

An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other incorporated places that offers green space and places for recreation to residents and visitors.

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West Dallas

West Dallas is an area consisting of many communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Wetland

A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.

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See also

Downtown Dallas

Parks in Dallas

Trinity River (Texas)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_River_Project

Also known as Bridging the Trinity, Trinity River Corridor Project.