Atlanta Zero Mile Post — Attraction in Atlanta

While the original is no longer there, and a replica in its place, maybe it’s for the best for that historic artifact because the area is not supervised and there’s trash everywhere. The replica is inaccessible from the parking garage built above it, in the elevator, if you go to level 1 there is even a sign that says “Zero Mile Access”, but once you go out the door, it locks and you can’t get to the post because of a fence, instead you have to walk up the rings of the parking deck for 3 stories to get out.

There is a little, almost subway type entrance to the lower parking deck to the northwest of here, and that is where you can enter, or walk in on the street to the north. Be aware the area is very busy, as multiple homeless shelters occupy the area near the tracks. The display is dirty, and there’s trash everywhere so it’s not for your average tourists, only for urban...

I remember visiting this special landmark while attending GeorgiaState University in 1999 to earn a degree in Urban Planning. The exact zero milepost location of Terminus turned Marthasville turned Atlanta should not be moved to the Atlanta History Center merely because it has a 5 year lease as the Georgia Building Authority owns the marker and original site, which is cleared for an exit to a parking garage on Central Avenue above the location of 55 Lower Wall Street. What’s the point of seeing a landmark on display if the location is wrong? Hence the name zero milepost listed as a...

The building that houses the zero mile marker at 55 Lower Wall Street is under ground (ie. Below Upper Wall Street and basically under a Central Ave bridge) and is home to a large number of homeless. Best no to go at night.

Visited Zero Mile location Feb. 8, 2019 and found the building had been removed. Just a coneret pad and no marker next to the under ground parking for Georgia Stare U at 55 Lower Wall Street. The building was always locked any way so I guess it was just a waste of space, or more room for...