Alterations are coming soon to a Connector-spanning bridge and crucial east-west connecting point that will continue Midtown’s push to create more people-friendly thoroughfares, according to project leaders.

Contracting company F.S. Scarbrough was awarded a contract in June for the 10th Street Bridge project, a planned Complete Street spanning between Georgia Tech’s eastern campus and the heart of Midtown.

According to Midtown Alliance, construction on the 10th Street Bridge is scheduled to start within one or two months.

Atlanta Department of Transportation officials say the bridge conversion will create a “safe, beautiful, multimodal gateway” into Midtown, with bicycle lane connections, landscaping, lighting, decorative fencing, and safer intersection treatments, among other changes. (Kimley-Horn engineering drawings show a cycle-track installed on the south side of the bridge, between a striped shoulder and upgraded sidewalk.)

Current condition of the 10th Street Bridge (top) and planned multimodal changes. Kimley-Horn

Looking east at the 10th Street Bridge into the heart of Midtown today. Google Maps

The scope of the bridge project spans from Techwood Drive across the interstate to Williams Street.

Beyond that, the 10th Street exit ramp, Williams Street from 12th Street to Peachtree Place, and Techwood Drive from 10th Street to the driveway at Turner Athletic Club will also see multimodal changes, per ATLDOT.

More than 35,000 people travel across the 10th Street Bridge each day. It serves as a “critical connection” for drivers to the interstate, fans heading to Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion, and MARTA passengers using the Midtown Station, along with commuters and people exercising on foot and bikes, according to Midtown Alliance.

Scope of the multimodal bridge portion in question. Google Maps

The 10th Street two-way bikeway is planned to link with a future multi-use path on the same street, west of the Connector toward Georgia Tech. The protected bikeway on Williams Street will connect with planned bike facilities on 12th Street to the north and Peachtree Place to the south, each about a block from 10th Street, per Midtown Alliance.

Improvements geared toward vehicles will include upgraded signage, repaving, plus new lane markings and lane assignments.

The 10th Street Bridge project was originally identified in the Connect Atlanta Plan and refined in the Midtown Transportation Plan. Midtown Alliance received construction bids for the work in late 2023.

Kimley-Horn/Alta

Funding sources include City of Atlanta TSPLOST 1.0 funds, a Federal Highway Administration grant, and Midtown Improvement District funds.

The project’s 20-month construction schedule calls for finishing in the first half of 2026.

Find more context and imagery pertaining to the 10th Street Bridge makeover in the gallery above.

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