Multi-use trail lovers, rejoice! The third ribbon-cutting for a new Atlanta Beltline section in 2025 is on the horizon—along with another leg of trail construction. 

Atlanta Beltline Inc. announced today Northwest Trail-Segment 5 will officially open during a ceremony the afternoon of Oct. 30 in Blandtown (1405 Fairmont Ave.), introducing new off-street connectivity to several areas in the neighborhood. 

The Northwest Trail will eventually link the Westside up to Buckhead. 

Poured section of the Beltline's Northwest Trail-Segment 5, just east of Marietta Boulevard in Blandtown. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Three of five planned segments of the Beltline's Northwest Trail linking the Westside to Buckhead. Atlanta Beltline Inc.

The second new Northwest Trail piece to open, Segment 5, will take the Beltline from its temporary end point—where the Westside Trail terminates at Huff Road and Marietta Boulevard today—and travel northeast to Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard, before ending at the intersection of English and Culpepper streets, near the Atlanta Waterworks complex. That’s a distance of .7 miles. (Note: A visit on Saturday showed the trail is still missing chunks and safety measures such as traffic lights, while other parts are gated and impassable for now. So hold your horses, eager ATL joggers and bikers.) 

Segment 5 broke ground in late June last year and was predicted to take 14 months to build. 

Beltline officials also revealed the Oct. 30 event will double as a groundbreaking ceremony for another new Northwest Trail section, Segment 4. 

That .9-mile piece will branch off Segment 5 and bring the trail across Howell Mill Road, connecting to another new Beltline section running alongside Monday Night Brewing’s new The Grove. 

The most recent construction update map for the 22-mile Beltline loop and adjacent projects. Atlanta Beltline Inc.

The Northwest Trail will be built in five sections overall, the longest of them 1.2 miles. For years it’s been considered among the most complex stretches of the mainline Beltline to put together. 

Once finished, the 4.3-mile Northwest Trail will link together another 12 neighborhoods, spanning from Blandtown to Collier Hills, Brookwood, and the Lindbergh/Morosgo communities, according to the Beltline’s tally.

Finished section of the Northwest Trail with installed lighting today. Atlanta Beltline Inc.

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