Come along for a tour of the Beltline's newest section, now open Josh Green Tue, 03/25/2025 - 17:35 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.
The Westside Trail Segment 4 southern section that's open for public use now. Atlanta Beltline Inc.
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.
An illustration of how the Westside Trail's final segment to be built will sweep under a Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway bridge. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.; 2021
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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An illustration of how the Westside Trail's final segment to be built will sweep under a Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway bridge. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.; 2021
The Westside Trail Segment 4 southern section that's open for public use now. Atlanta Beltline Inc.
We begin with a look south at the Westside Trail section in Washington Park opened in 2017. The newest Beltline piece starts here. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Looking west toward downtown, at a new Westside Trail plaza. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Where the recently opened section of Westside Trail Segment 4 begins today, now heading north. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
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Passing tennis courts at Washington Park's eponymous greenspace. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
A bend in the trail—with a gravel section of the interim pathway left in place (center). Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Bending eastward, toward the northernmost play fields of Washington Park. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Steering back northward on the trial. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Connection to a residential area along Westmoor Drive. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
A new bridge section and plantings alongside MARTA railway. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
A slight hill as we approach the current trail's end. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
(Someone spent some coin on these lovely Italian cypress.) Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
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Approaching the trail section's current terminus at Mayson Turner Road/Mobile Street. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Construction progress on the final leg of the Westside Trail, shown looking north toward Joseph E. Boone Boulevard, as seen Saturday. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Subtitle Two years after groundbreaking, final Westside Trail piece nears finish line
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