New Texas Giant, Steel and wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, United States
New Texas Giant is a hybrid roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. It has a lattice of pale wooden support beams and a track of parallel red steel rails. A train of linked cars descends the red track, and at the summit stands a square, open-sided tower with a red base, white railings, and a blue band reading "SIX FLAGS".
The ride opened in 1990 under the name Texas Giant as a pure wooden roller coaster before Rocky Mountain Construction transformed it in 2011 through a complete redesign using I-Box technology. This renewal introduced steel tracks mounted on the original wooden structure.
The three trains evoke Cadillacs from 1961, capturing the enthusiasm for American cars from that era. Each car carries these design elements, reminding visitors of the road cruisers from the middle of the last century.
The journey lasts roughly three minutes and runs over a track of about 4,500 feet (1,370 meters). Riders must be at least 48 inches (122 centimeters) tall to board.
The original Texas Giant was built with over 900,000 board feet (2,100 m3) of wood, not the 2011 redesign. The renovation kept much of that wooden support structure while replacing the track with steel I-Box rails, making it Rocky Mountain Construction's first installation of this track type.
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