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== Notable locations ==
== Notable locations ==
{{Alphabetical locations}}
{{Alphabetical locations}}


===[[Smithfield neighborhood]]===
* [[Center Street]] intersection
* [[Center Street]] intersection
** 416: [[R C Body Shop]]
** 416: [[R C Body Shop]]
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** [[Adams Inn]]
** [[Adams Inn]]
* [[10th Street North]] intersection
* [[10th Street North]] intersection
** [[Interstate 65]] overpass
* [[Interstate 65]] overpass
 
===[[Fountain Heights]]===
* [[Interstate 65]] overpass
* [[11th Street North]] intersection
* [[11th Street North]] intersection
** 1100: [[Mike's Downtown Shell]]
** 1100: [[Mike's Downtown Shell]]
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** 1820-22: (inside [[One Federal Place]]) [[Continental Bakery]], formerly [[Mix]] & [[Restaurant G]]) former site of the [[Fox Building]] ([[Catanzano's Thrift Food Shop]]/[[Catanzano Bros.]] market)
** 1820-22: (inside [[One Federal Place]]) [[Continental Bakery]], formerly [[Mix]] & [[Restaurant G]]) former site of the [[Fox Building]] ([[Catanzano's Thrift Food Shop]]/[[Catanzano Bros.]] market)
** 1821: former site of [[Hillman Hotel]]
** 1821: former site of [[Hillman Hotel]]
* [[19th Street North]] intersection
===[[Central City]]===
* [[19th Street North]] intersection
* [[19th Street North]] intersection
** North side
** North side
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*** 1901: former site of [[Market House]], [[First Birmingham City Hall|first]] and [[Birmingham City Hall (1901)|second]] Birmingham City Halls
*** 1901: former site of [[Market House]], [[First Birmingham City Hall|first]] and [[Birmingham City Hall (1901)|second]] Birmingham City Halls
*** 1915: [[Gus's Hot Dogs]]
*** 1915: [[Gus's Hot Dogs]]
*** 1917: fparking lot, former location of [[Oliver Chalifoux]]'s music store
*** 1917: parking lot, former location of [[Oliver Chalifoux]]'s music store
*** 1927: parking lot, former location of [[Tom's Steak House]]
*** 1927: parking lot, former location of [[Tom's Steak House]]
*** 1930: parking lot, former location of [[Southern Hotel|Linville]]/[[Southern Hotel]], [[Norton's Drug Store]], [[Lane's Drug Store]] and [[Hardy Shoe Store]]
*** 1930: parking lot, former location of [[Southern Hotel|Linville]]/[[Southern Hotel]], [[Norton's Drug Store]], [[Lane's Drug Store]] and [[Hardy Shoe Store]]

Revision as of 14:45, 31 March 2014

Fourth Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. It runs from Center Street in the west to 24th Street North in the east. From 9th to 24th Streets, the three- to four-lane street is one way westbound.

The road appears again as a two-lane residential street between Interstate 59 and Wahouma Park, west of 72nd Street. It is interrupted by the interstate between 75th and 77th Streets, but then continues from 77th to 88th Place, running between Lynn Park and East Lake Park.

Fourth Avenue runs through a few historic districts, including its own 4th Avenue Historic District (from 16th to 19th Street), the Civil Rights District, and the Loft District. In addition, the buildings at 1914, 1917, 1919, and 1930 are part of the Downtown Birmingham Retail and Theatre Historic District.

History

Fourth Avenue originally extended east to 26th Street North, but when the Birmingham Post Office was constructed in the early 1970s, it occupied the space where the street had run.

4th Avenue North was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic was from 24th Street North to 9th Street North in 1973 by the Alabama Department of Transportation's TOPICS (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 4th Avenue North category.

Smithfield neighborhood

Fountain Heights

Central City

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