San Angelo Proving Grounds, Texas

This facility, northeast of San Angelo, has been the primary proving ground for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, based in Akron, Ohio, since 1944. It covers 7,250 acres (more than 11 square miles), and has several tracks, with a total of 58 miles of roads. It is one of four large-scale proving grounds established by tire companies in western Texas.

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