The Smyrna City Council voted on Oct. 7 to pay $830,000 to fund half of the required 20 percent match for a Transportation Improvements Program Infrastructure and Capital Investment Grant from the Atlanta Regional Commission for the cost of right-of-way acquisition, engineering and construction for the bridge.

Across eight lanes of traffic on Cobb Parkway, the Cobb Parkway Battery Pedestrian Bridge will connect the city of Smyrna to the $1 billion development represented by The Battery/SunTrust Park multi-use complex, according to a city statement. Between Starbucks and Steak and Shake on the Smyrna side, the bridge would connect just south of the Swapna Indian Restaurant on The Battery side.