Easy Access

Getting around popular destinations like Piedmont Park, Virginia Highland, Poncey-Highland, Inman Park and the Old Fourth Ward is about to become a whole lot easier with the opening of the Eastside Trail. A combination of multi-use trail and linear greenspace, the Eastside Trail will be the first finished section of the Atlanta BeltLine trail in the old rail corridor. The Eastside Trail, which was funded by a combination of public and private philanthropic sources, runs along the railroad corridor from 10th Street & Monroe Drive near Piedmont Park down to Irwin Street near DeKalb Avenue.

Slated for completion in summer of 2012, the corridor will remain closed to the public until construction is completed.

No Stone Unturned

Environmental remediation of the 100-year-old former rail corridor was completed in April 2011, with more than 1,700 tons of contaminated soil removed. Construction has included significant amount of excavation and new infrastructure such as drainage systems, a utility duct bank, and beautiful granite-clad retaining walls to preserve the full width of the corridor to accommodate greenspace, trail and future transit operations.

A Bigger, Better Trail Lies Ahead

Working in coordination with the City of Atlanta, ABI is rebuilding the Edgewood Avenue Bridge over the Atlanta BeltLine corridor. This project impacts the completion of the quarter mile section of the trail linking Irwin Street and DeKalb Avenue. That portion of the trail will remain unfinished until work on the Edgewood Bridge is complete. Work on its demolition and reconstruction will proceed from mid-2012 until spring 2014.