Lake Travis

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Eastern Austin, TX, Austin, TX 78737

Lake Travis

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Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States.

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The reservoir was formed in 1942 by the construction of Mansfield Dam on the western edge of Austin, Texas by the Lower Colorado River Authority, and was built specifically to contain floodwaters in a flash-flood prone region.

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