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Long-sought Atlanta Beltline connection at Ponce is almost real

Josh Green

Thu, 07/10/2025 – 10:45

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Long-sought Atlanta Beltline connection at Ponce is almost real

Josh Green

Thu, 07/10/2025 – 10:45

Following two years of construction, an infrastructure project designed to immediately improve connectivity to the Atlanta Beltline, jobs, and eastside retail is weeks away from opening, according to Beltline officials. A pedestrian connection at Ponce de Leon Avenue near Midtown Place shopping center has been part of the Eastside Trail’s plan since before it debuted in 2012. Years, that is, before Ponce City Market even started opening. This week, Atlanta Beltline Inc. reports the key link is on pace to finish construction and open sometime this summer, which ends Sept. 22, though plenty of work remains. It will cap work on a broader .7-mile Ponce streetscape project that’s helped make the busy thoroughfare safer and more approachable for pedestrians, bicyclists, and micromobility users.  

The view of ramp construction in June from Ponce de Leon Avenue to the Eastside Trail. via Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

The Beltline’s contractor, JHC Construction, is currently finishing railing work on the ramp between Ponce and the Eastside Trail, where columns have been poured and elevated structures are in place. Granite veneering and wall construction for the project has wrapped, as Beltline officials relayed in a recent construction update.   The project aims to create a more seamless, quicker, and ADA-accessible means of exiting the Beltline for Ponce’s shopping and eating options, and vice versa. 

via Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

Included are a steel ramp, stairs, and railings at the northwestern corner of the Ponce-Beltline bridge, similar to Edgewood Avenue’s metal-ramp connection to the Eastside Trail where Old Fourth Ward meets Inman Park. The surface, however, is concrete instead of serrated metal, in order to spare dogs’ feet. (You live, you learn.) Previous plans to begin work on the Ponce-Beltline connection in summer 2021 were delayed. Construction kicked off in earnest in summer 2023. 

Placement of the new ramp connection and a crosswalk near Ponce City Market’s entrance. Courtesy of Atlanta Beltline Inc.

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Atlanta BeltLine
Atlanta Construction
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Eastside Trail
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Midtown Atlanta
Midtown Place
Ponce City Market
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Alternative Transportation
JHC Construction
Virginia-Highland
Beltline Connections
Midtown Atlanta
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The Ponce-Beltline intersection prior to construction. Google Maps

Courtesy of Atlanta Beltline Inc.

An example of flexible delineator posts installed in sections of Ponce bike lanes. Courtesy of Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

via Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

The view of ramp construction in June from Ponce de Leon Avenue to the Eastside Trail. via Atlanta BeltLine Inc.

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Key link between Eastside Trail, commercial hubs has been more than a decade in the making

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