Railroad bridge

Duke Beltline

1957 Built in 1891 primarily to bypass the control of the railroad tracks between Five Points and Dillard by the Durham and Clarksville railroad, the Duke Beltline provided passage north of and around the town, connecting to the main line adjacent to the Duke Factory, and connecting to the Timberline railway northeast of town, which then connected...

West Chapel Hill St. Underpass

West Chapel Hill Street was initially a grade crossing at the railroad tracks, with the business district surrounding Five Points on the east side, and the large houses of the West End on the west side. West Chapel Hill St., looking east from Willard towards Five Points, 1920s (Courtesy Durham County Library)