Come along for a tour of the Beltline's newest section, now open

Two years after breaking ground, the final missing piece to create the longest contiguous stretch of Atlanta Beltline trail to date is entering, well, the home stretch. 

The 1.3-mile piece in question—the Westside Trail’s Segment 4—runs north to south, directly west of Midtown and downtown, with views to landmarks such as Mercedes-Benz Stadium over the roofs and treetops. 

The southernmost piece, running from Lena Street to Mayson Turner Road, recently opened for public use. According to Beltline officials, it accounts for about 40 percent of the segment’s total length.

Landscaping along the trail continues, but all six bridges on Segment 4 have been poured, and retaining walls are in place. Work on a plaza under Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway is ongoing, and a ramp between the two is expected to be poured soon, according to the Beltline’s most recent construction update. 

Once finished, Segment 4 will connect Washington Park up to Bankhead and Historic Westin Heights. It will also create the longest uninterrupted Beltline section to date—6.5 miles—in conjunction with the rest of the Westside Trail, the connector trail that shoots out of downtown, and the Southside Trail’s first finished segment.

Specifically, from the south, the segment corridor starts at Washington Park and wends next to MARTA tracks and Maddox Park before connecting with trail segments finished in 2021 and 2022. 

Astra Group—a Woodstock-based general contracting firm with experience building other sections of the loop and Rodney Cook Sr. Park in Vine City—is constructing the project now. 

According to Beltline officials, the full Westside Trail is on track to be finished and open sometime in the second quarter of this year, which ends June 30. 

Swing up to the gallery for a look at where things stand today. 

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