The River Line was the last

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

streetcar line and ran from 1892 to 1949. The line ran from

Downtown Atlanta Downtown Atlanta is the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The larger of the city's two other commercial districts ( Midtown and Buckhead), it is the location of many corporate and regional headquarters; city, county, s ...

via Marietta Street, over the Jones Avenue bridge to the

English Avenue English Avenue and Vine City are two adjacent and closely linked neighborhoods of Atlanta, Georgia. Together the neighborhoods make up neighborhood planning unit L. The two neighborhoods are frequently cited together in reference to shared ...

neighborhood, through which they proceeded on two routes: * one via Simpson (now Joseph E. Boone) and Ashby (now Joseph E. Lowry) to Bellwood Ave. (later

Bankhead Highway The Bankhead Highway was a United States cross-country automobile highway connecting Washington, D.C., and San Diego. The Bankhead Highway's beginnings can be traced back to 1916 when the Bankhead Highway Association was organized to promote the h ...

, now Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy.) * the other via Kennedy (now Cameron M. Alexander) and English Avenue to Bellwood Ave. Then the line ran out Bellwood Ave. to Almond Park to the

Riverside Riverside may refer to: Places Australia * Riverside, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania Canada * Riverside (electoral district), in the Yukon * Riverside, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Alberta * Riverside, Manitoba, a former rural m ...

community at the

Chattahoochee River The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatta ...

northwest of the city. Originally, the western extension of Bellwood Avenue was known as the "M&T Ferry Road". It ceased operation in 1949.

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Trolley Lines
''Atlanta's Upper West Side''

''Atlanta's Upper West Side'' Transportation in Atlanta Streetcars in Georgia (U.S. state) Railway lines opened in 1892 Railway lines closed in 1949 {{US-tram-stub