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The Viaducts of Atlanta were mainly created in the 1920s to bridge numerous level crossings of roads and railroads. Atlanta being founded as a railroad city and ending up with at least six major lines entering the city, there were many places where human traffic encountered that on the rails. The first viaduct was just the Broad St. bridge which was rebuilt several times, the second wooden version designed by Lemuel Grant in 1865〔Galloway, Tammy H. "Lemuel Grant (1817-1893)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 10 January 2014. Web. 26 February 2015.〕 but longer viaducts were coming. ==Downtown viaducts== * Mitchell Street (1899) which crosses the Central of Georgia Railroad tracks〔Garrett, Vol.II, p.388-389〕 * Peachtree Street (opened October 9, 1901) at a cost of $76,662.38.〔Garrett, Vol.II, p.409〕 Rebuilt (opened October 1, 2007) at a cost of $6.7 million〔A detour no more. ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' September 29, 2007.〕 * Washington Street (1909) which crosses the Central of Georgia Railroad tracks〔Garrett, Vol.II, p.306〕 * Spring Street (opened December 20, 1923) – .〔Hoffman, p.61〕 Southern half rebuilt (1996), northern half being rebuilt (2014-2015). * Pryor Street (1929) – * Central Avenue viaduct (1929) – * Hunter Street lateral – * Alabama Street lateral – * Wall Street lateral – 〔Garrett, Vol.II, p.849〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Viaducts of Atlanta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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