Longest Atlanta Beltline stretch (almost 7 miles) is THIS CLOSE to finish

Josh Green

Fri, 05/02/2025 – 13:59

As the latest Beltline construction update illustrates, the Westside Trail’s Segment 4 is quickly pouring concrete and installing necessary infrastructure. It’s on track to open sometime before the second quarter of 2025 concludes at the end of next month, per construction leaders.

The 1.3-mile segment in question runs north to south, directly west of Midtown and downtown, with views to landmarks such as Mercedes-Benz Stadium (especially in winter) over the roofs and treetops.

Part of it was opened last fall, but a gap of nearly a mile remains, restricting off-street travel across a multitude of Westside and Southwest Atlanta neighborhoods.

Latest construction progress map for the Beltline’s 22-mile loop, with the 1.3-mile Westside Trail’s Segment 4 at left. Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

Recent photos showing Westside Trail construction progress at Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway (left) and what was formerly referred to as the Kudzu Line Trail. ABI staff photo

That means you’ll be able to board a bike or scooter or electric skateboard downtown and whip all the way around to Pittsburgh Yards—and vice versa—while on Beltline pathways removed from busy streets.

According to Beltline officials, Segment 4’s mainline trail now has its concrete in place, while work continues on connections to roads in adjacent neighborhoods. Landscaping along Segment 4 will begin in the cooler fall months.

Beltline leadership has called the section in question complex, with its new bridges and other elevated structures. It includes a fiber duct bank, vertical connections to neighborhood streets, security cameras, and lighting, alongside storm drainage and management systems with green infrastructure.

Westside Trail Segment 4B construction progress under the Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway bridge.ABI staff photo

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

Segment 4 is being built by Astra Group, a Woodstock-based general contracting firm with experience building other sections of the loop and the lovely Rodney Cook Sr. Park in Vine City.

When ground broke in March 2023, Beltline officials forecasted the full Segment 4 would deliver this summer. Sounds like that was on the money.

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