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'''18th Street South''' (originally '''Park Avenue''') in [[Homewood]] is a southern extension of [[Birmingham]]'s [[18th Street South]].  The approximately 0.8-mile, north-south road runs from where the Homewood and Birmingham city limits meet at [[Valley Avenue]] through the [[Homewood Central Business District]] to [[Oxmoor Road]].
 
The road was renamed from Park Avenue during the 1950s when Homewood renamed several streets through the Central Business District to continue Birmingham's street numbering system.
 
18th Street was originally part of [[Montgomery Highway]] ([[U.S. Highway 31]]) and featured [[Curve in Homewood|a curve]] at [[29th Avenue South]] to direct southbound traffic over to what is now [[Independence Drive]].  Highway 31 was rerouted to the [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]], once it was completed in [[1970]].  The curve was finally converted to a standard T-intersection in the 1990s.
 
MAX Transit Routes [[MAX Transit Route 39|39]] and [[MAX Transit Route 42|42]] include the street in their routes.
 
== Notable locations ==
{{Alphabetical locations}}
 
* [[Valley Avenue]]/[[21st Avenue South]] intersection (continues north as [[Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard South]])
* [[Rosedale Drive]] intersection
** 2518: [[Bloom]]
* [[26th Avenue South]] intersection
** 2630: [[Rob'e Mans]]
* [[27th Avenue South]] (east) intersection
** 2707: [[Devinci's Pizza]]
* [[27th Avenue South]] (west) intersection
** 2717: [[Little Professor Book Center]]
* [[28th Avenue South]] intersection
** 2800: former offices of the ''[[Shades Valley Times]]''
** 2806: former location of a [[Hill's Food Stores|Hill's Food Store]]
** 2826: [[Anchorage Restaurant]]
** 2830: [[Homewood Toy & Hobby Shop]]
** 2834: [[Homewood Cycle and Fitness]] (formerly [[Homewood Theatre]])
** 2842½: former offices of the ''[[Homewood Herald]]''
** 2831: [[O'Henry's Coffees]]
* [[29th Avenue South]] intersection
* [[Reese Street]] intersection
* [[Oxmoor Road]] intersection (continues south as Roxbury Road)
 
{{Montgomery Highway}}
 
[[Category:18th Street South Homewood|*]]

Revision as of 13:47, 21 April 2010

18th Street South (originally Park Avenue) in Homewood is a southern extension of Birmingham's 18th Street South. The approximately 0.8-mile, north-south road runs from where the Homewood and Birmingham city limits meet at Valley Avenue through the Homewood Central Business District to Oxmoor Road.

The road was renamed from Park Avenue during the 1950s when Homewood renamed several streets through the Central Business District to continue Birmingham's street numbering system.

18th Street was originally part of Montgomery Highway (U.S. Highway 31) and featured a curve at 29th Avenue South to direct southbound traffic over to what is now Independence Drive. Highway 31 was rerouted to the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, once it was completed in 1970. The curve was finally converted to a standard T-intersection in the 1990s.

MAX Transit Routes 39 and 42 include the street in their routes.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 18th Street South Homewood category.
Montgomery Highway
Homewood Vestavia Hills Hoover Pelham Alabaster
Current U.S. Highway 31 Independence Dr. Montgomery Hwy Montgomery Hwy Pelham Parkway 1st Street
Previous routes 18th St S, 29th Ave S, Old Montgomery Hwy Lorna Road, Old Montgomery Hwy Old Montgomery Hwy Old Highway 31
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