Bachman Branch (also Bachman Creek) is the name of a medium-sized
tributary
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of the
Trinity River with headwaters in
northwest
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Dallas
Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...
,
Texas
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(
USA). The tributary is
10 miles (16 km) in length and rises at
Forest Lane,
0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of the
Dallas North Tollway
The Dallas North Tollway (DNT, or simply the Tollway) is a controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA), which runs from Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas, Texas ( USA), to U.S. Highway 380, in Frisco, ...
. It runs south and then west through
Bachman Lake
Bachman Lake is a small freshwater lake located in the Bachman Lake community of northwest Dallas, Texas (USA). It covers and lies on the northwest boundary of Dallas Love Field in the airport's landing path and the western boundary of the upscal ...
and ultimately into the Elm Fork of the Trinity River.
[. Retrieved 2 January 2007.] The Branch is dammed with the New Frazier dam to provide water to Fishing Hole Lake. New Frasier Dam is on the Elm Fork Of Trinity River in Dallas County, Texas and is used for flood control purposes. Construction was completed in 1965. It is owned by the
Dallas Water Utilities
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New Frasier Dam is a gravity dam. Its height is 16 feet with a length of 180 feet. Its capacity is . Normal storage is
Headwaters:
Mouth:
See also
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List of rivers of Texas
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References
External links
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Rivers of Dallas
Trinity River (Texas)
Rivers of Dallas County, Texas
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