Wylie Street lane closures planned for Eastside Trail Construction

Atlanta Loop 0 Comment 08/02/2016

The Eastside Trail southern extension of the Beltline. It will start at Irwin Street and end at Memorial Drive, adding about 1.25 miles to the trail. The first phase of construction began in May 2016. Photo by Dena Mellick

The Eastside Trail southern extension of the Beltline. The extension begins at Irwin Street and stops at Memorial Drive. It will extend the trail by roughly 1.25 miles. The first phase of construction began in June 2016. Photo by Dena Mellick

This story has been updated.

Atlanta BeltLine Inc. says there will be lane closures on Wylie Street, beginning Aug. 1 and lasting about six weeks. The closures are part of construction of the southern extension of the Eastside Trail.

The closures will occur on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., a press release from the BeltLine says.

“Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. is constructing the southern extension of the Eastside Trail for one mile in between Irwin Street and Kirkwood Avenue. As part of construction, ABI will be relocating the existing water line under the northern side of Wylie Street to the southern side of the street,” a press release from the BeltLine says. “Moving the water line is necessary to allow for the Eastside Trail on the northern side of the street.”

The press release says there will be single lane closures along the road that will be about 20 to 40 feet long. The closures will occur between Krog Street and Chester Avenue. The northern sidewalk on Wylie Street will be open, the press release says.

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The BeltLine is also holding a public meeting on Aug. 4 to provide updates about the East Side trail extension. It will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, located at 25 Boulevard NE, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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When the southern extension of the Eastside Trail is finished, it will add a 1.25-mile trail from Irwin Street to Memorial Drive to the existing trail. After development is completed, the Eastside Trail will total to 3.5 miles, starting with Piedmont Park south and ending with Reynoldstown at Memorial Drive.

Its initial two-mile section opened in 2012, and according to the Atlanta BeltLine Blog, “more than 1.3 million people used the trail in 2015.”

The first phase of the extension construction began in June. The second phase will begin as soon as funding is feasible, swapping out the Fulton Terrace bridge for new trail.

The BeltLine anticipates construction will be completed in 2017.

Reporter Mary Margaret Stewart contributed to this story.

Here are more photos of the Eastside Trail extension provided by Jonathan Phillips.

Photo: Jonathan Phillips
Crews remove trees from the Atlanta Beltline Eastside Trail extension in Reynoldstown.

Photo: Jonathan Phillips
Construction workers remove water and mud along the Atlanta Beltline Eastside Trail extension in Reynoldstown near Kirkwood Ave.