Powder Plant Road
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- This article is about the road in Bessemer. For the road in Brookside, see Powder Mill Road.
Powder Plant Road (Jefferson County Road 47) is a north-south thoroughfare in western Bessemer and part of McCalla.
Its northern end connects with Johns Road (Jefferson County Road 36) near Valley Creek. As it continues south it crosses over I-59/20 near the Flint Hill community, and then ends at Old Tuscaloosa Highway (Jefferson County Road 20) near I-459 and Fivemile Creek.
The road is named for the former Hercules Powder Plant which operated near the Dolonah Quarry from 1924 to 1986. The first segment of the Northern Beltline is planned to cross Valley Creek near Powder Plant Road's northern end.
Notable addresses
- road begins at Johns Road (Jefferson County Road 36)
- road crosses Valley Creek
- Dalonah Road intersects (east only)
- Splash Adventure Parkway intersects (east only)
- Fivestar Parkway intersects (west only)
- 800: Onin Group staffing/training center
- Powder Plant Lane intersects (west only)
- 900–920: Academy Business Park
- Shirley Park Drive (west) / Premiere Parkway (east) intersect
- 975: Bessemer Amazon Fulfillment Center (built 2020)
- 1000: General Telecom
- 1050: Taylor Power Systems / Taylor Machine Works
- Durose Drive intersects (west only)
- 1110: Gerber Collision & Glass
- 1190: Ready Mix USA
- Vulcan Drive (west) / Academy Drive (east) intersect
- 1200: Averitt Express
- 1201: Academy Drive Office Warehouse
- 1240: Wholesale Pump & Supply
- 1250: Kikstart Store
- 1260: AAA Wholesale Supply
- 1280: Decker Truck Line
- Freeman Avenue intersects
- Taylor Lane intersects (east only)
- Nevels Avenue intersects (west only)
- Brookview Trail intersects (west only)
- Carson Avenue (west) / Reds Road (east) intersect
- Rock Mountain Lake Road intersects (west only)
- road crosses over I-59/20
- Flint Hill Road intersects
- Sam Drive intersects
- road crosses over Moore Brook
- road crosses over Fivemile Creek
- road ends at Old Tuscaloosa Highway (Jefferson County Road 20)