PATH400 Reaches New Heights with Landmark Bridge and Trail Segment
Hundreds Celebrate Trail Opening with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony and Festival
ATLANTA – September 29, 2025 – Buckhead has a brand-new landmark in the treetops. Livable Buckhead, along with city officials and community members, celebrated the completion of the final major segment of PATH400 in Buckhead with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and community festival on Friday, September 26. The new 0.75-mile stretch, which runs between Wieuca Road and Loridans Drive, features a stunning 80-foot-high bridge and creates nearly three contiguous miles of greenway, enhancing pedestrian and bike connectivity in the area.
The opening marks the culmination of a three-year construction project on the Wieuca-Loridans segment. The celebration featured remarks from project partners, a lively bike parade, and the whimsical “Pups and Pigtails” parade with neighborhood pets and llamas crossing the new bridge at Mountain Way Common. Officials participating in the event included Denise Starling, Executive Director of Livable Buckhead; Pete Pelligrini of the PATH Foundation; Atlanta City Councilmember Howard Shook; Justin Cutler, Commissioner of the City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation; and Solomon Caviness, Commissioner of the City of Atlanta Department of Transportation. 
“This is one of those moments where you stop, look around and say, ‘Wow! We actually pulled it off,’” said Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead. “This stretch of PATH400 isn’t just concrete and steel, it’s an 80-foot-high bridge in the treetops, a safe walk to school for Sarah Smith kids, and a front door to Mountain Way Common that’s going to keep getting better every year. PATH400 has always been about connecting people — to their schools, their parks, their neighborhoods and to each other — and today we quite literally connected the dots. That’s a promise we made, and it feels pretty amazing to deliver on it.”
This new portion of PATH400 promotes health and wellness by providing safe walking and biking routes, linking neighborhoods to parks and encouraging outdoor activity. The project also enhances the local environment with nearly 500 newly planted native trees that improve air quality and biodiversity. The greenway is also expected to boost local property values, support businesses and attract visitors, demonstrating the economic and environmental benefits of accessible greenspace.
The $13.4 million Wieuca-Loridans segment was funded through federal transportation improvement project funds administered by the Atlanta Regional Commission, City of Atlanta TSPLOST funds, and design funding from the Buckhead Community Improvement District (BCID). The Georgia Department of Transportation provided its right-of-way along GA 400 for the trail, and the PATH Foundation provided construction management services.
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About PATH400
PATH400 is a 5.2-mile walkable, bikeable greenway being constructed on public land adjacent to GA 400 extending from the bank of Peachtree Creek northward toward the northern edge of Atlanta. It is the centerpiece of a broader greenspace plan, the Buckhead Collection, initiated by Atlanta Councilman Howard Shook. Livable Buckhead is spearheading the PATH400 project in partnership with the Buckhead Community Improvement District (Buckhead CID) and the PATH Foundation. Several other agencies and organizations are involved in the development of PATH400, including Georgia Department of Transportation, the City of Atlanta, MARTA, Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit B, and Atlanta Public Schools. PATH400 will increase access to community amenities such as arts, historic, and cultural exhibits; neighborhood pocket parks and greenspaces; retail centers; and learning centers. For more information about PATH400, visit path400greenway.com.
About Livable Buckhead (Project Lead)
Livable Buckhead is a nonprofit organization that strives to ensure the long-term viability and prosperity of the Buckhead community. The organization achieves its mission by working cooperatively with individuals, public entities and private businesses to integrate sustainable strategies. Livable Buckhead implements programs related to greenspace, recycling, energy efficiency, commute alternatives, arts and culture, real estate development and land use. For more information about Livable Buckhead and its programs, visit livablebuckhead.org.
About PATH Foundation (Construction Manager and Major Funder)
Since 1991, PATH has been turning neglected greenspace and abandoned railroad corridors into beautiful greenways. Thanks to generous local supporters, PATH trails link neighborhoods to commercial centers and provide alternative modes of transportation for all abilities, ages, income levels, and races. By creating linear greenways, PATH trails help communities improve and thrive by providing equitable access to educational, recreational, and employment opportunities.
About Buckhead CID (Major Funder)
The objective of the Buckhead Community Improvement District (BCID), working with the City of Atlanta and its community partners, is to meet the challenges resulting from Buckhead’s rapid, primarily automobile-based growth, including improving safety, traffic mobility, enhancing the pedestrian environment, creating better access to public transit, initiating intra-district transportation alternatives, encouraging better integration of land uses and improving linkages to the region’s automobile, transit and bicycle networks.
