6th Avenue North: Difference between revisions
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* [[19th Street North]] intersection | * [[19th Street North]] intersection | ||
** North side ([[Block 34]]) | ** North side ([[Block 34]]) | ||
* [[Family Reserve Insurance building]] (1945), also known as the Land Title Building. Former site of the [[A. W. Smith residence]] | |||
** South side | ** South side | ||
*** 1901: [[Regions-Harbert Plaza]] (former site of [[Masonic Temple Building]] containing [[Loew's Temple Theater]]) | *** 1901: [[Regions-Harbert Plaza]] (former site of [[Masonic Temple Building]] containing [[Loew's Temple Theater]]) |
Revision as of 20:05, 4 June 2014
Sixth Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The westernmost section by that name ends at Center Street, although the road continues further west as 6th Avenue West. The main section ends at Carraway Boulevard in the east, although additional segments can be found further east, particularly in East Lake.
Between 9th Street North and Carraway Boulevard, 6th Avenue is one way westbound and three lanes wide. At the east end, off-ramps from Interstate 20/59, both east- and westbound exit in line with 6th Avenue. An Interstate 65 south off-ramp ends at 6th Avenue feeding into 10th Avenue North while an I-65 north on-ramp splits from 11th Avenue North just north of 6th Avenue.
History
6th Avenue North was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic was from Red Mountain Expressway 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 6th Avenue North category.
- Center Street intersection (road continues as 6th Avenue West)
- 105: Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church
- 600: Thomas & Bruce Automotive Services
- 701: Karl's Kar Klinic
- 900: I Got a Deal Auto Glass & Trim
- 930: Perfect Repair Collision Center, former location of Gray Printing
- Interstate 65 south off-ramp/10th Street North intersection
- 11th Street North intersection
- 12th Street North intersection
- 13th Street North intersection
- 1313: Alabama Power Metro Central customer service center
- 14th Street North intersection
- 15th Street North intersection
- North side
- South side
- 16th Street North intersection
- North side
- former site of Jockey Boy Restaurant
- former site of West End Grammar School
- South side
- North side
- 17th Street North intersection
- North side
- South side
- 18th Street North intersection
- North side
- South side
- 19th Street North intersection
- North side (Block 34)
- Family Reserve Insurance building (1945), also known as the Land Title Building. Former site of the A. W. Smith residence
- South side
- 1901: Regions-Harbert Plaza (former site of Masonic Temple Building containing Loew's Temple Theater)
- South side
- 20th Street North intersection
- North side
- 2012-2014: Crow Building
- Tutwiler Hotel (1986) (formerly the Ridgely Apartments, former site of the Enslen Building)
- South side
- North side
- Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard North intersection
- North side
- Energen Plaza (former site of the Essex House)
- South side
- 2101: Colonial Plaza
- North side
- 22nd Street North intersection
- North side
- Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
- South side
- Parking lot
- North side
- 23rd Street North intersection
- North side
- Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
- South side
- Powell School (former site of the Free School (1874–1886))
- North side
- 24th Street North intersection
- North side
- South side
- Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
- 25th Street North intersection
- North side
- Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
- South side
- Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
- North side
- Carraway Boulevard intersection (road ends facing I-20/59 off-ramps)