Beltline Explained

A Beltline (or Belt Line) is a short-line railway operating in and around a city, principally to transfer freight between long-haul railroads and/or other modes of transportation. The term may also refer to:

Places

• BeltLine, a multi-use trail around central Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Beltline Trail, a multi-use trail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Beltline, Calgary, a neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Transportation

Roads in the United States

• The Beltline, a section of Alabama State Route 67 in Decatur, Alabama
• The Beltline/ Beltline Hwy, a section of Interstate 65 in Mobile, Alabama
• M-6 (Michigan highway) or South Beltline, a freeway in Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Interstate 440 (North Carolina) or Raleigh Beltline, a loop road around Raleigh, North Carolina
• Oregon Route 569, originally called Belt Line Road, a freeway (originally proposed as a beltway) in the Eugene, Oregon area
• Belt Line Road (Texas), a loop in the Dallas, Texas area
• Beltline Highway, part of U.S. Route 12 in the Madison, Wisconsin area

Rail services

Canada

• Toronto Belt Line Railway, an 1890s commuter railroad in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Toronto Railway Company Belt Line (1891–1923), a streetcar line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• TTC Belt Line tour (mid 1970s), heritage streetcars that ran on the old Belt Line route in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

United States

• Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad, Ohio
• Baltimore Belt Line, built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1895, Baltimore, Maryland
• Belt Railway of Chicago, Illinois
• Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, a belt line railway in the Chicago, Illinois area

Other transportation

• a general term for a beltway or ring road
• Beltline (automotive), a line representing the bottom edge of a vehicle's glass panels