The Eastside Trail is a walking and biking trail stretching northwest to southeast on the Eastside of Atlanta, part of the BeltLine ring of trails and parks.[1] It is lined with numerous notable industrial buildings adapted into restaurants, shops, apartments, condos, and two major food halls and mixed-use developments.
The first two-mile (3.2 km) stretch opened in October 2012, from Piedmont Park to the Krog Street Tunnel. It was extended from Krog Street to Kirkwood Avenue in November 2017.[2] A second extension brought it to Memorial Drive in July 2019.[3]
Route and Points of Interest
| Throroughfares crossed | Points of interest[4] (west side of trail, south of thoroughfare) | Points of interest[4] (east side of trail, south of thoroughfare) | Neighborhood bordered (west of trail, south of thoroughfare) | Neighborhood bordered (east of trail, south of thoroughfare) |
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| I-85 | North end of interim trail, Ansley Golf Club | Ansley Mall | Ansley Park | Morningside/Lenox Park |
| Piedmont Avenue | Piedmont Park | Amsterdam Walk | Piedmont Park | Morningside/Lenox Park |
| Amsterdam Avenue | Virginia-Highland | Virginia-Highland | ||
| 10th Street/ Virginia Avenue | Midtown Promenade, Midtown Place | Midtown Atlanta Historic District | Virginia-Highland | |
| Ponce de Leon Avenue | Ponce City Market | Ford Factory Lofts, Murder Kroger | Old Fourth Ward | Poncey-Highland |
| North Avenue | DuPre Excelsior Mill (former Masquerade), Gateway Trail to Historic Fourth Ward Park | Telephone Factory Lofts | Old Fourth Ward | Poncey-Highland |
| Ralph McGill Boulevard | Historic Fourth Ward Skatepark | Carter Center | Old Fourth Ward | Poncey-Highland |
| Freedom Parkway, Freedom Park Trail | N. Highland Steel and other Inman Park Village adapted industrial buildings | Old Fourth Ward | Inman Park | |
| Irwin St./ Lake Ave. | Krog Street Market | Old Fourth Ward | Inman Park | |
| Edgewood Avenue | Old Fourth Ward | Inman Park | ||
| DeKalb Avenue/ Decatur Street | Krog Street Tunnel, Hulsey Yard, MARTA line | Cabbagetown | Cabbagetown | |
| Kirkwood Avenue | (terminus of phases to be complete in 2017) |
Gallery
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Interim trail adjacent to Piedmont Park -
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Ponce City Market seen from BeltLine -
Ford Factory Lofts seen from BeltLine, 2012 -
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Inman Park former industrial buildings -
BeltLine Eastside Trail under construction at Irwin Street in the Old Fourth Ward, May 2012.
References
- ^ "Atlanta BeltLine // Where Atlanta Comes Together". beltline.org.
- ^ "Eastside Trail Extension // Atlanta Curbed". atlanta.curbed.com.
- ^ "Eastside Trail Extension Phase II // Atlanta In Town Paper". atlantaintownpaper.com.
- ^ a b "Google Maps". Google Maps.