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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.
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.
MAX Transit Routes [[MAX Transit Route 39|39]] and [[MAX Transit Route 42|42]] include the street in their routes.  It is also often part of the route for the [[List of Christmas parades|Homewood Christmas parade]] and [[Homewood High School]] homecoming parade.


== Notable locations ==
== Notable locations ==
{{Alphabetical locations}}
:''For an alphabetical list of locations, see the [[:Category:18th Street Homewood|18th Street Homewood category]].''


* [[Valley Avenue]]/[[21st Avenue South]] intersection (continues north as [[Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard South]])
* [[Valley Avenue]]/[[21st Avenue South]] intersection (continues north as [[Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard South]])
** 2100: [[Jefferson County Board of Education]]
** 2518: [[Bloom]]
* [[Rosedale Drive]] intersection
* [[Rosedale Drive]] intersection
** 2518: [[Bloom]]
** 2560: [[Dorothy McDaniel's Flower Market]]
** 2562: [[Doc's Upholstery]]
** 2564: [[Green Resource Center for Alabama]]
* [[26th Avenue South]] intersection
* [[26th Avenue South]] intersection
** 2630: [[Rob'e Mans]]
** 2630: [[Rob'e Mans]]
* [[27th Avenue South]] (east) intersection
* [[27th Avenue South]] (east) intersection
** 2701: [[Mike's Hot Dogs]]
** 2707: [[Devinci's Pizza]]
** 2707: [[Devinci's Pizza]]
* [[27th Avenue South]] (west) intersection
* [[27th Avenue South]] (west) intersection
** 2710: [[Homewood Post Office]]
** 2717: [[Little Professor Book Center]]
** 2717: [[Little Professor Book Center]]
** 2721: [[Crape Myrtle's Cafe]] (behind and attached to Little Professor)
** 2727: [[Hatfield Auto Parts]]
** 2730: [[Ed's Pet World]]
* [[28th Avenue South]] intersection
* [[28th Avenue South]] intersection
** 2800: former offices of the ''[[Shades Valley Times]]''
** West side:
** 2806: former location of a [[Hill's Food Stores|Hill's Food Store]]
*** 2800: [[Daedalus Candles]] (formerly ''[[Shades Valley Times]]'')
** 2826: [[Anchorage Restaurant]]
*** 2806: former location of a [[Hill's Food Stores|Hill's Food Store]]
** 2830: [[Homewood Toy & Hobby Shop]]
*** 2812: [[Sam's Super Samwiches]]
** 2834: [[Homewood Cycle and Fitness]] (formerly [[Homewood Theatre]])
*** 2814: [[Doree]]
** 2842½: former offices of the ''[[Homewood Herald]]''
*** 2820: [[Soca Clothing]]
** 2831: [[O'Henry's Coffees]]
*** 2826: [[Anchorage Restaurant]]
* [[29th Avenue South]] intersection
*** 2830: [[Homewood Toy & Hobby Shop]]
* [[Reese Street]] intersection
*** 2834: [[Homewood Cycle and Fitness]] (formerly [[Homewood Theatre]])
*** 2838: [[Hiltz-Lauber]]
*** 2842½: former offices of the ''[[Homewood Herald]]''
*** 2844: [[Let's Get Organized]]
** East side:
*** 2801: [[Amy Head Studio]]
*** 2803: former location of [[Red Rain]]
*** 2815: [[Ruby's For Childern]]
*** 2815-A: [[Amanda Schedler Fine Art]]
*** 2818: [[Shaia's]]
*** 2821: [[Theodora]]
*** 2823: [[Shoefly]]
*** 2825: [[Swaddle]] (formerly [[Laser's Edge]])
*** 2827: [[Swanky Stork]]
*** 2829: Momma Goldberg's Deli
*** 2829-2831: former location of [[Huffstutler's Hardware]]
*** 2831: [[O'Henry's Coffees]]
*** 2835: [[Oak Hill Bar & Grill]] (formerly [[Patriot Arcade]])
*** 2841: [[Trak Shak]]
* [[29th Avenue South]] intersection (east only)
** West side:
*** 2852: [[Bryant Electric]]
*** 2854: [[Edgewood Fine Jewelry]]
*** 2856: [[Inflations and Invitations]]
*** 2856: [[Homewood Shoe Hospital]]
** East side:
*** 2901: former location of [[Little Professor Book Center]]
*** 2909: [[O'Carr's]]
* [[Reese Street]] intersection (west only)
** West side:
*** 2910: former location of [[Home Grown Special Foods]]
*** 2918: [[Sikes Shoe Company|Jack N' Jill Shop]]
*** 2920: [[Sikes Shoe Company|Sikes' Children's Shoes]]
** East side:
*** 2913: [[Salem's Diner]]
*** 2923: former location of [[Feeny Sales]]
* [[Oxmoor Road]] intersection (continues south as Roxbury Road)
* [[Oxmoor Road]] intersection (continues south as Roxbury Road)


Revision as of 15:09, 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. It is also often part of the route for the Homewood Christmas parade and Homewood High School homecoming parade.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 18th Street 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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