abandoned amusement park near Dallas, TX

[bugo]

In 1995 I went to Lollapalooza in Dallas. On the way to where we were staying in Arlington, I noticed an abandoned amusement park on the north side of I-30, somewhere west of Loop 12 if I remember correctly. There was an interchange off of I-30 that had been blocked off and the signs had been removed. Does anybody know anything about it?

[Willard]

Is this it?

[dogpatchexpert]

that does not look abandoned. Maybe when you seen it they were shutdown for the winter and it looked abandoned

[bugo]

When I saw it, it was during the summer.

[bugo]

I think this might be it:
Terraserver link!

If you switch to the Urban area view, the whole place has been levelled.

[dogpatchexpert]

it looks like a factory or something moved there

[S1L3N7B0B]

Those both are the same location... just 6 years apart. I'll look for it on google maps and give you a more recent picture. Then we'll determine if its abandoned. If they blocked off the exit, chances are good. Interesting stuff.

[dogpatchexpert]

nah there diffrent look here
LINK!
LINK!

[S1L3N7B0B]

Hah, you're right. Good call on that. They are both water parks though. The real question now is which one is the abandoned one?

[bugo]

Hah, you're right. Good call on that. They are both water parks though. The real question now is which one is the abandoned one?

It's definitely this one:
http://www.terraserver-usa.com/image.as ... on%7ctx%7c

The color aerial shows the park gone:
http://www.terraserver-usa.com/image.as ... on%7ctx%7c

The abandoned ramps I remember seeing were the old ramps from I-30 to Belt Line Rd. The reason I-30 has all those weird interchanges along it is because it was originally built as the D-FW Turnpike, and the weird interchanges were built that way so they would only have to build one tollbooth on each connection to/from the Turnpike.

[S1L3N7B0B]

Oof, water parks don't disapeer much more then that, eh?

That looks more like a mall then a factory. The parking lot and building design leads me to that. Notice how the parking lot is nearly three times the size of the building/buildings. Also realise how theres seems to be a central part for the mall surrounded by taller additions making them places for the larger department stores. The other place in the bottom right would then be another retailer.

[Willard]

Find out what it's zoned and then you'll know if it's a factory or a mall.