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'''Arkadelphia Road''' is the section of [[U. S. Highway 78]] running from [[8th Street West]]/[[Princeton Parkway]] at [[2nd Court West]] northward to [[Finley Boulevard]] in [[Fountain Heights]]. It is named because it once connected [[Birmingham]] to the [[Cullman County]] community of [[Arkadelphia]]. A [[Blount County]] road connecting [[Jefferson County Highway 89]] at [[Warrior-Jasper Road]] and [[Cullman County Highway 35]] at [[Mulberry Fork]] is also named Arkadelphia Road. | '''Arkadelphia Road''' is the section of [[U. S. Highway 78]] running from [[8th Street West]]/[[Princeton Parkway]] at [[2nd Court West]] northward to [[Finley Boulevard]] in [[Fountain Heights]]. It is named because it once connected [[Birmingham]] to the [[Cullman County]] community of [[Arkadelphia]]. A [[Blount County]] road connecting [[Jefferson County Highway 89]] at [[Warrior-Jasper Road]] and [[Cullman County Highway 35]] at [[Mulberry Fork]] is also named Arkadelphia Road. | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 16 June 2010
Arkadelphia Road is the section of U. S. Highway 78 running from 8th Street West/Princeton Parkway at 2nd Court West northward to Finley Boulevard in Fountain Heights. It is named because it once connected Birmingham to the Cullman County community of Arkadelphia. A Blount County road connecting Jefferson County Highway 89 at Warrior-Jasper Road and Cullman County Highway 35 at Mulberry Fork is also named Arkadelphia Road.
Part of Arkadelphia Road in Birmingham once carried the No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line.
Notable locations (south to north)
- continued from Princeton Parkway/8th Street West
- 535: Birmingham Fire Station No. 14
- 864: Omega Psi Phi
- 900: Birmingham-Southern College
- I-20/59 interchange
- 11th Court West (Day's Inn Birmingham)
- 1137: 78 Shell
- 1148: Ark Chevron
- 1164: Amoco
- Duke Park (East Thomas Park)
- Thomas Overpass (Birmingham Southern Railroad)
- Village Creek
- 1223: Charlie's Cafe