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Streetcar drill will close some streets Monday night
A training exercise Monday night involving the Atlanta Streetcar will close several streets around the streetcar’s maintenance facility downtown.
Streetcar workers and first responders will take part in an emergency-response drill beginning. The streets affected will close at 7 p.m.:
- Fort Street, between Edgewood Avenue and Auburn Avenue
- Bell Street, between Edgewood and Auburn
- Auburn Avenue, between Bell Street and Hilliard Street
- Edgewood Avenue, between Fort Street and Hilliard Street
- Additionally, right turns from the Downtown Connector exit ramp to Edgewood Avenue will also be restricted.
The drill begins at 9 p.m., two hours after the streets are closed. They are expected to reopen about 1 a.m. Tuesday.
