How Will Georgia Lawmakers Cross the Road? It May or May Not Be via a Skybridge

Atlanta City Council members block controversial skybridge for new Georgia legislative building

The state government and Atlanta City Council are at odds over a proposed skybridge connecting the state Capitol with a new legislative office building currently under construction across the street.

City, state at odds over Downtown Atlanta Capitol bridge

An Atlanta City Council committee has withheld approval of a state-backed plan to build an elevated pedestrian bridge connecting the Capitol to a new office building

How will Georgia lawmakers cross the road? It may or may not be via a skybridge

The State Capitol Complex is getting a major upgrade with the new legislative office building now under construction across the street. But there’s a fight over how to connect it to the Capitol.

A skybridge at the state Capitol? Atlanta lawmakers say not in our air.

Members of the Atlanta City

Atlanta City Council committee pans Capitol 'skybridge' plan

A rendering of the Georgia Capitol “skybridge” across Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. (Courtesy of Georgia Building Authority) The Atlanta City Council’s Transportation Committee voted Wednesday, June 11, to hold a controversial piece of legislation that would allow a “skybridge” to connect the State Capitol with a new legislative office building. The $10 million elevated pedestrian bridge, which would be suspended over Martin Luther King Jr. Driv…