The Viaducts of Atlanta were mainly created in the 1920s to bridge numerous
level crossings of roads and railroads.
Atlanta was founded as a railroad city. It had at least six major rail lines entering the city. There were many places where
pedestrian traffic encountered that on the rails. The first viaduct was just the Broad Street bridge which was rebuilt several times, the second wooden version designed by
Lemuel Grant in 1865[1] but longer viaducts were coming.
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In January 1913, the
Bellwood Viaduct was opened, allowing car and foot traffic to cross the railroad line parallel to
Marietta Street to the west side of the city via Bellwood avenue (now Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway.).[9]