On popular trail, Piedmont Park pedestrian bridge now off-limits Josh Green Fri, 05/31/2024 - 14:01 Heads up, bike commuters, trail walkers, and generally active people of Atlanta:
Piedmont Park’s Clear Creek bridge, which connects portions of a well-liked gravel path that runs through the park, officially closed to the public late last week.
As announced by BeltLine officials earlier this year, the bridge closure and accompanying refurbishment comes after the completion of Segment 1, Phase 1 of the BeltLine’s Northeast Trail project.
That trail section runs alongside Clear Creek and opened to the public last month, marking the first new completed BeltLine project to debut across Atlanta in 2024.
However, several aspects of the closure remain uncertain, despite multiple inquiries to BeltLine media reps this week.
As shown last weekend, the Piedmont Park gravel trail in relation to the BeltLine's Northeast Trail, Segment 1 (phase two) construction, at left. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
In addition to an undefined construction timeline, it's unclear whether this refurbishment will extend to the park’s popular gravel trail. Officials have not commented on whether the trail will be altered, left alone, or even if it will remain accessible to the public in any capacity once the Northeast Trail's Piedmont Park section fully opens.
There is no official rendering depicting what the bridge may look like following refurbishment, either.
But in the gallery above, find a quick visual update on the gravel trail and adjacent construction today—and the point where Atlantans are forbidden from going, for now.
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Heading north along the gravel trail toward Buckhead. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
As shown last weekend, the Piedmont Park gravel trail in relation to the BeltLine's Northeast Trail, Segment 1 (phase two) construction, at left. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
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Passing Amsterdam Walk's low-rise warehouses, which Portman Holdings plans to redevelop. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Where trail access is restricted before the Clear Creek bridge, requiring that gravel trail patrons turn around. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Subtitle North end of gravel trail inaccessible as bridge refurbishment begins
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