The King Memorial Station is built over a street named 21 Memorial Drive. The entire structure itself provides a overpass that is aligned on the entire street. The rode’s purpose is to provide Marta buses and other forms of transportation a place to pick up and drop off their passengers. By designing the building to be on top of this street, it provides protection for the traveler that utilizes the station from everyday weather. It is evident because you can see the aging done by rain on the pillars on the roof.