Texas Giant
(Defunct) Six Flags Over Texas
| Ride type | Wooden Coaster |
| Builder | Dinn Corporation |
| Designer | Curtis D. Summers |
| Current status | Defunct |
| Opening date | 03/17/1990 |
| Closing date | 11/01/2009 |
| Track length | 4920 ' |
| Maximum speed | 62 mph |
| Height | 143 ' |
| Highest drop | 137 ' |
| Angle of descent | 53 degrees. |
| Riding time | 2:00 min. |
| Coaches | six four-passenger (2x2) |
| Number of trains | 3 |
| Riding restrictions | At least 48 " |
Appropriately named, this monstrous wooden roller coaster towers 14 stories into the Texas sky and reaches a top speed of 62 mph. After consistently being named the #1 wooden roller coaster in the world, it has been given the impressive title 'America's Coaster.'