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Austin, Texas: Dod Park (formerly Swimming Pool) Shaped Like Texas (Gone)

The swimming pool shaped like Texas was filled in with a lawn and is now used as a dog park. No longer on the "Swimming Pools Shaped Like States" continuum.

Directions:
I-35 exit 233, then west on Riverside Drive for a half-mile. Tucked within the second apartment complex on the right.
Hours:
May 2010: Reported filled in.
Status:
Gone

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Swimming pool shaped like Texas

It's no longer a pool, it has been filled in and planted with grass. The apartments are now using it as an on site "dog park."

[Katie P., 05/15/2010]

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