Phase I Archaeological Survey of the Battle of Atlanta Greenway Trail Enhancement, DeKalb County, Georgia.

The Battle of Atlanta Trail project will connect two Civil War monuments to a shopping center, neighborhoods, parks, Hope Charter School and the Southeast YMCA. The total length of the trail is approximately 2.01 miles and is located at the McPherson Monument at the corner of CS 2786/Monument Avenue and CS 278/McPherson Avenue. The trail will use a combination of shared use lanes and off-road multi-use trails from this terminus down Monument Avenue to CS 2781/Metropolitan Avenue and along Metropolitan Avenue to a midblock open space along an unnamed tributary to Sugar Creek. The open areas will be a new multiuse trail section. This section of the trail will cross Maynard Terrace and connect to CS 2631/Clifton Street where it will pass over I-20 using the existing shoulder on the Clifton Street bridge. The existing sidewalk on the Clifton Street bridge will be removed and widened to a 12 foot section using part of the existing 14 foot shoulder on the bridge. The new bridge shoulder width will be approximately 8 feet wide. Associated roadway improvements will include shifting approach curb and gutter to align with the widened bridge sidewalk and driveway tie-ins in this area. Once over the interstate, this section will tie to the part of the trail with termini at the Atlantic Shopping Center on SR 154/Memorial Avenue, and the Walker Monument located at the corner of SR 260/Glenwood Avenue and Wilkinson Drive. The Atlantic Shopping Center/Glenwood Avenue segment of the trail will run through the shopping center parking lot where a proposed green space will be created along the trail. The trail will then follow along Sugar Creek, across Maynard Terrace again, across Clifton Street and through DeKalb Memorial Park. It will then terminate at the Walker Monument. A spur trail at the park will connect the Hope Charter School and Southeast YMCA to the proposed trail system.