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* 830: [[Rib-It-Up]]
* 830: [[Rib-It-Up]]
* 1709: former location of [[He & She Scene]] nightclub
* [[17th Street North|17th Street]] intersection
* 1710: [[Birmingham Police Headquarters]]
:* 1709: former location of [[He & She Scene]] nightclub
** [[Birmingham Pledge mural]]
:* 1710: [[Birmingham Police Headquarters]]
* 1731: [[Center for Regional Planning and Design]]
:** [[Birmingham Pledge mural]]
** [[Region 2020]]
:* 1731: [[Center for Regional Planning and Design]]
** [[Auburn University Center for Architecture and Urban Studies]]
:** [[Region 2020]]
** [[Scenic Alabama]]
:** [[Auburn University Center for Architecture and Urban Studies]]
* 1820: former [[Tanner & Elledye]] saloon
:** [[Scenic Alabama]]
* 1827: [[Jemison Flats]]/[[Stallings Building]] ([[Giattina Fisher Architecture Studio]]), formerly the [[Chamber of Commerce Building]]. Former site of the [[Chalifoux Building]]
* [[18th Street North|18th Street]] intersection
* 1840: former location of [[O'Brien Opera House]]
:* 1820: former [[Tanner & Elledye]] saloon
* 1900: former location of [[Morris Hotel]]
:* 1827: [[Jemison Flats]]/[[Stallings Building]] ([[Giattina Fisher Architecture Studio]]), formerly the [[Chamber of Commerce Building]]. Former site of the [[Chalifoux Building]]
* 1904: [[Corporate Realty Development]]
:* 1840: former location of [[O'Brien Opera House]]
* 1909: Allright parking garage (former site of [[Allen Building]] and [[Lighthouse]] nightclub)
* [[19th Street North|19th Street]] intersection
* 1915: former location of [[Britling Cafeteria]] No. 1
:* 1900: former location of [[Morris Hotel]]
* 1922: former location of [[Porter's Clothing]]
:* 1904: [[Corporate Realty Development]]
* 1926: [[Toby's]] (formerly [[Top that Chick]], [[Chris' Place Café]] [[Seven Seas Seafood]] and [[Empire Steak House]])  
:* 1909: Allright parking garage (former site of [[Allen Building]] and [[Lighthouse]] nightclub)
:* 1915: former location of [[Britling Cafeteria]] No. 1
:* 1922: former location of [[Porter's Clothing]]
:* 1926: [[Toby's]] (formerly [[Top that Chick]], [[Chris' Place Café]] [[Seven Seas Seafood]] and [[Empire Steak House]])
:* 1927: [[Woodward Building]]
:* 1928: [[Empire Building]] (former site of [[Bank Saloon]])
* [[20th Street North|20th Street]] intersection: [[Heaviest Corner on Earth]]
* [[20th Street North|20th Street]] intersection: [[Heaviest Corner on Earth]]
** 1927: [[Woodward Building]]
:* 2000: [[Brown Marx Building]] (former site of [[National Bank of Birmingham building]])
** 1928: [[Empire Building]] (former site of [[Bank Saloon]])
:* 2001: [[John A. Hand Building]]
** 2000: [[Brown Marx Building]] (former site of [[National Bank of Birmingham building]])
:* 2013: [[McAdory Building]]
** 2001: [[John A. Hand Building]]
:* 2015: [[Caldwell-Milner Building]]
* 2013: [[McAdory Building]]
:* 2017: former offices of [[Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett Architects]]
* 2015: [[Caldwell-Milner Building]]
* [[21st Street North|21st Street]] intersection ([[Rainbow Viaduct]])
* 2017: former offices of [[Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett Architects]]
:* 2100: [[Landmark Building]] (former site of [[Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Building]])
* 2100: [[Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Building]]
:* 2101: [[Steiner Building]] ([[KPS Group]]), (former site of [[William Nabors residence]])
* 2100: [[Landmark Building]]
:* 2106-8: former location of [[Doster-Northington Drug Co.]]
* 2101: [[Steiner Building]] ([[KPS Group]]), (former site of [[William Nabors residence]])
:* 2121: [[Body & Soul Fitness]]
* 2121: [[Body & Soul Fitness]]
* [[22nd Street North|22nd Street]] intersection
* 2200: former location of the [[Caldwell Hotel]]
:* 2200: former location of the [[Caldwell Hotel]]
* 2202: [[Goodall-Brown Lofts]]
:* 2202: [[Goodall-Brown Lofts]]
* 2201: [[Transportation Building]] ([[Wee Care Academy]])
:* 2201: [[Transportation Building]] ([[Wee Care Academy]])
* 2213: former location of [[Steve Watson Restaurant]]
:* 2213: former location of [[Steve Watson Restaurant]]
* 2310: [[Neighborhood Market]]
:* [[23rd Street North|23rd Street]] intersection
* 2316-2318: The [[Avenues Lofts]]
:* 2310: [[Neighborhood Market]]
* 2329: [[Wooten Lofts]]
:* 2316-2318: The [[Avenues Lofts]]
* 2429: [[Blackwell Furniture]]
:* 2329: [[Wooten Lofts]]
* [[24th Street North|24th Street]] intersection
:* 2429: [[Blackwell Furniture]]
* [[25th Street North|24th Street]] intersection
* [[24th Street North|26th Street]] intersection
* 2600-3400: [[1st Avenue North Viaduct]]
* 2600-3400: [[1st Avenue North Viaduct]]
** 2800-3100 blocks: [[Sloss Furnaces]]
** 2800-3100 blocks: [[Sloss Furnaces]]

Revision as of 16:07, 15 December 2007

First 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 Cotton Avenue Southwest. The easternmost section ends at West Boulevard along Roebuck Municipal Golf Course. First Avenue North is the only east-west Birmingham street to run continuously from Center Street to Roebuck. It is also a two-way street for its entire length, the majority of which is four to five lanes wide.

Between Carraway Boulevard (formerly 26th Street) and 34th Street, 1st Avenue is on a viaduct which runs beside Sloss Furnaces. Between 42nd Street and 44th Street, 1st Avenue is separated from Messer Airport Highway by only a narrow, landscaped median. Messer Airport Highway is not accessible from 1st at this point, the closest links being 41st Street and 45th Place North. Two gas stations at either end of the narrow median use concrete barriers to prevent motorists from cutting through. First Avenue is also a primary street through the Woodlawn neighborhood.

U.S. Highway 11 runs along 1st Avenue from 9th Street in the east to between 86th and 87th Streets in the west. At this point in the west, the road forks, with Highway 11 continuing along Parkway East while 1st Avenue, the lesser route, continues for a block and a half to West Boulevard. U.S. Highway 78 also runs along 1st Avenue between 9th Street and 24th Street.

In addition, 1st Avenue is fully accessible from and to Interstate 59. It is directly accessible from Interstate 20 eastbound and provides direct access to I-20 westbound. It is accessible from the northbound side of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (Highways 31 and 280). It passes under Interstate 65 without providing any access.

The curbstones installed in the early 20th century on 1st Avenue North between 18th and 21st Streets were quarried in Lane Park.

See also

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 1st Avenue North category.

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