# Viaducts of Atlanta > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Viaducts_of_Atlanta > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Viaducts_of_Atlanta.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viaducts_of_Atlanta > Source revision: 1354161536 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Aspect of transportation in Atlanta, USA The **Viaducts of Atlanta** were mainly created in the 1920s to bridge numerous [level crossings](/source/Level_crossing) of roads and railroads. [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta) was founded as a railroad city. It had at least six major rail lines entering the city. There were many places where [pedestrian](/source/Pedestrian) traffic encountered that on the rails. The first [viaduct](/source/Viaduct) was just the Broad Street bridge which was rebuilt several times, the second wooden version designed by [Lemuel Grant](/source/Lemuel_Grant) in 1865,[1] but longer viaducts were coming.[*[when?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items)*] ## Downtown viaducts The [Peachtree Street](/source/Peachtree_Street) viaduct in front of the [Peachtree Arcade](/source/Peachtree_Arcade), 1917 - [Mitchell Street](/source/Mitchell_Street_(Atlanta)) (1899), which crosses the [Central of Georgia Railway](/source/Central_of_Georgia_Railway) tracks[2] - [Peachtree Street](/source/Peachtree_Street) (opened October 9, 1901) at a cost of $76,662.38.[3] Rebuilt (opened October 1, 2007) at a cost of $6.7 million[4] - Courtland Street (1906), which crosses the [Georgia Railroad](/source/Georgia_Railroad) tracks. Demolished and rebuilt (opened October 8th, 2018). [5] - Washington Street (1909), which crosses the Central of Georgia Railroad tracks[6] - Spring Street (opened December 20, 1923) – 1,900 feet (580 m).[7] Southern half rebuilt (1996), northern half being rebuilt (2014–2015). - Pryor Street (1929) – 1,291 feet (393 m) - Central Avenue viaduct (1929) – 1,174 feet (358 m) - Hunter Street lateral – 914 feet (279 m) - Alabama Street lateral – 776 feet (237 m) - Wall Street lateral – 695 feet (212 m)[8] - Techwood Drive Viaduct ## Other viaducts This section needs expansion. You can help by adding missing information. (June 2014) In January 1913, the [Bellwood Viaduct](/source/Bellwood_(Atlanta)) was opened, allowing car and foot traffic to cross the railroad line parallel to [Marietta Street](/source/Marietta_Street) to the west side of the city via Bellwood avenue (now Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway.).[9] ## Gallery of viaduct plaques Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Category:Viaducts in Atlanta](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Viaducts_in_Atlanta). - Pryor Street and Central Avenue viaducts - Techwood Drive Viaduct ## References - Garrett, Franklin, *Atlanta and Its Environs*, 1954, [University of Georgia Press](/source/University_of_Georgia_Press). - Hoffman, Phillip, "Creating Underground Atlanta, 1898-1932", *[Atlanta Historical Bulletin](/source/Atlanta_Historical_Bulletin)*, Vol. XIII, No. 3, 1968 ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Galloway, Tammy H. "Lemuel Grant (1817–1893)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 10 January 2014. Web. 26 February 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Garrett, Vol.II, p.388-389 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Garrett, Vol.II, p.409 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** A detour no more. *Atlanta Journal-Constitution* September 29, 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["$25M downtown Atlanta bridge redo primed for October completion"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180823151726/https://atlanta.curbed.com/2018/8/23/17772608/downtown-georgia-state-university-courtland-street-bridge-redo). August 23, 2018. Archived from [the original](https://atlanta.curbed.com/2018/8/23/17772608/downtown-georgia-state-university-courtland-street-bridge-redo) on August 23, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Garrett, Vol.II, p.306 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Hoffman, p.61 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Garrett, Vol.II, p.849 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "First trip made across viaduct", *[Atlanta Constitution](/source/Atlanta_Constitution)*, January 24, 1913, p,5 v t e History of Atlanta Origins Standing Peachtree Structures Historic districts Buildings listed on National Register: (Atlanta in Fulton Co.) (Atlanta in DeKalb Co.) 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