| Jones Falls | |
|---|---|
 A view of the Jones Falls from the 41st Street bridge, which crosses the valley. The JFX (Jones-Falls Expressway) is also visible in the center of the picture. | |
 A map of the Jones Falls watershed in Baltimore | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| City | Baltimore |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Baltimore Inner Harbor |
• location | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Towson Run, Roland Run |
| • right | Western Run, Moores Branch |
The Jones Falls is a 17.9-mile-long (28.8 km)[1] stream in Maryland. It is impounded to create Lake Roland before running through the city of Baltimore and finally emptying into the Baltimore Inner Harbor.
The Jones Falls valley has a long history in the city of Baltimore as a transportation corridor. The valley of the Jones Falls carries Falls Road (which is numbered as Maryland Route 25), the tracks for the Amtrak Northeast Corridor, the Jones Falls Expressway (JFX) of Interstate 83, and the Baltimore Light Rail. The Baltimore Penn Station also rests on an elevated platform in the valley. It also carries tracks for a historic rail line which is currently served by the Baltimore Streetcar Museum. The MTA Maryland Route 27 also provides transportation on Falls Road; however, at some point it was moved from following 36th Street south to other city streets.
The Jones Falls is spanned by many bridges within Baltimore City's borders, and often the Jones Falls Expressway rests directly above the river.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011