11th Avenue North
11th Avenue North (or Eleventh Avenue North, formerly just 11th Avenue) is an east-west street running through Smithfield and north of downtown Birmingham and continuing in sections through the east side of the city.
11th Avenue North begins between Center Street and 1st Street North in College Hills and runs eastward for just over two blocks, terminating at 3rd Street North near Malfunction Junction and Knesseth Israel and Beth-El Cemetery. The street resumes at 13th Street North as a continuation of 11th Terrace North and proceeds eastward past Oak Hill Cemetery and the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, terminating at 29th Place North where I-59/20 interrupts.
11th Avenue North picks up again for a short section in Norwood between 32nd Street North and Vanderbilt Road, then again as a continuation of 35th Place North to 37th Place North, and again between 39th Street North and 40th Street North. The avenue picks up at 42nd Street North and bends around to Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North. Another segment picks up at 44th Street North and proceeds to 47th Street North. Another small strip of 11th Avenue connects 47th Place North to 48th Street North.
Northeast of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport another section of 11th Avenue North runs between 90th Street North and 93rd Street North, and then north another block to Tarrant Huffman Road in Brownsville Heights.
Notable locations
East Thomas neighborhood
- 1st Street North intersects
- 2nd Street North intersects
- avenue ends at 3rd Street North
- 408: former location of Miller Memorial Presbyterian Church (1948)
- 1031: former location of Grapico Company of America (1940-), demolished for Malfunction Junction
Fountain Heights neighborhood
- 13th Street North intersects
- 14th Street North intersects
- 14-unit apartment building (built 1956)
- 15th Street North intersects
- former location of Gammill Drug Company
- 1512: CDM Apartment Complex
- 16th Street North intersects
- former location of Zipin's Grocery (1920s)
- 1608: former location of Holiday Inn (1958)
- 17th Street North intersects
- 1701: former location of Towles cleaning & dyeing (1935)
- north side:
- Oak Hill Cemetery (dedicated 1873)
- south side:
- FBI Birmingham Field Office Building (built 2005)
- 18th Street North intersects
- former location of J. N. Scott & Co. private infirmary (1896)
- 1801: Kelly Ingram Post No. 668
- 1821: 9th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Druid Hills neighborhood
- 19th Street North
- 1900: Patriot Center (built 1974 as the Social Security Administration Southeast Program Service Center)
- 1901: Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (built 1975)
(1962-)
- 1914: former location of El Morocco Club / Northside Club (E. N. Rutherford 1958-1960), Diamond Jim's Steak Bar (1961-1962)
- 21st Street North intersects (north only)
- 22nd Street North intersects
- right-of-way vacated in 2018 for BJCC Stadium
- former location of BJCC Parking Lot P-7
- former 23rd Street North intersection
- former location ofBJCC Parking Lot P-10
- 2300: former location of Mary's Place (Mary Damico 1960)
- 2301: former location of Northside Elementary School (1964)
- former location of Brown-Service Funeral Home Norwood
- 24th Street North intersects
- former location of I-59/20 Exit 126A (closed 2017)
- TopGolf (built 2017), former location of BJCC Parking Lot P-11 (-2017)
- 2430: former location of United Cerebral Palsy Center, Augmentative Communication Service
- 25th Street North intersects
Norwood neighborhood
- 26th Street North/Carraway Boulevard intersects
- former location of Burks Pan-Am Service Station (built 1951, demolished for Red Mountain Expressway)
- former location of Dolly Madison bakery, Pizitz corporate offices, Parisian warehouse
- Railroad crossing
- 27th Street North intersects (north only)
- 27th Place North intersects (north only)
- 28th Street North intersects
- 28th Place North intersects (north only)
- 29th Street North intersects (north only)
- 29th Place North intersects (north only), avenue ends
- 32nd Street North intersects (south only), avenue resumes
- 3211: Blue Torch Fab Works
- 3232: Stone Building Co., former location of Merchandise Vending
- 33rd Street North intersects
- 3300: Hinkle Metals & Supply
- 34th Street North intersects
- 33rd Street North intersects
- 34th Street North intersects
- 3403: Fast Religion racing
- Applied Industrial Technologies
- 35th Street North intersects
- 3513: Clow-Rodgers Inc.
- Vanderbilt Road intersects, avenue ends
East Birmingham neighborhood
- 35th Place North intersects (south only), avenue resumes
- 37th Street North intersects
- 37th Place North intersects, avenue ends
- 39th Street North intersects, avenue resumes
- Appalachee Street intersects
- Coosa Street intersects
- Cahaba Street intersects
- Escambia Street intersects (north only)
- 40th Street North intersects
Kingston neighborhood
- 42nd Street North intersects (south only), avenue resumes
- 4306 former location of East Birmingham Assembly of God (1964)
- Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North (10th Avenue North) intersects, avenue ends
- 44th Street North intersects (north only), avenue resumes
- 11th Court North (north) / 44th Place North (south) intersects
- 44th Place North intersects (north only)
- 45th Street North intersects
- 46th Street North intersects
- 47th Street North intersects, avenue ends
Woodlawn neighborhood
- 47th Place North intersects (south only), avenue resumes
- 48th Street North intersects, avenue ends
- 5400 block: former location of Jefferson County Alms House
Brownsville Heights neighborhood
- 90th Street North intersects, avenue resumes
- 91st Street North intersects (east only)
- 93rd Street North intersects
- Tarrant Huffman Road intersects, avenue ends
References
- Edgemon, Erin (August 28, 2018) "Portion of 2 downtown Birmingham streets to close for stadium." The Birmingham News