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Cahaba Road was created before 1900.  In [[1927]], the [[Jemison Companies]] paved the road, providing smoother and faster access to their [[Mountain Brook Estates]] subdivision from Birmingham.  For a long time, the part of the road going through English Village was known as '''24th Street'''.  In the mid-20th Century, prior to the construction of the current [[U.S. Highway 280]], the road was part of the [[Florida Short Route]].
Cahaba Road was created before 1900.  In [[1927]], the [[Jemison Companies]] paved the road, providing smoother and faster access to their [[Mountain Brook Estates]] subdivision from Birmingham.  For a long time, the part of the road going through English Village was known as '''24th Street'''.  In the mid-20th Century, prior to the construction of the current [[U.S. Highway 280]], the road was part of the [[Florida Short Route]].


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In Mountain Brook Village, Cahaba Road converges with [[Montevallo Road|Montevallo]] and [[Canterbury Road]]s as a five-way intersection.  However, an access road rings this intersection, setting the [[Mountain Brook Estates building]], which is between Montevallo and Canterbury, back far enough to have some storefronts facing Cahaba.
 
== Notable locations ==
{{Alphabetical locations}}
 
* [[Key Circle]] intersection (road continues north as [[Arlington Avenue]])
* [[Carlisle Road]] intersection
** 1906: [[National Bank of Commerce]] branch (2008–present)
** 1909: [[Continental Bakery]] (1984–present)
** 1911: [[Chez Lulu]] (1995–present)
** 2001: formerly [[Hitching Post Barbecue]] (c. 1959)
** 2012: [[Billy's Bar & Grill]] (1979–present)
** 2020: [[Village Wine Market]]
** 2031: [[Bambinelli's]]
** 2037: [[Books-A-Million|Joe Muggs]]
* [[Fairway Drive]] intersection (east only)
* 21st Avenue South intersection (west only)
** 2117: [[Park Lane (event space)|Park Lane]]
** 2420: [[John D. and Katherine Gleissner Lustron House]]
** 2424: [[Bernice L. Wright Lustron House]]
** [[Lane Park]]:
*** East side: [[Birmingham Zoo]]
*** West side: [[Birmingham Botanical Gardens]]
* [[Lane Park Road]] intersection
** 2629: [[RealtySouth]] training center
* [[U.S. Highway 280]] access road/[[Culver Road]] intersection
** East side:
*** 2701: [[Barton-Clay Fine Jewelers]] (1987–present)
*** 2715: [[Mountain Brook Creamery]]
*** 2721: [[Village Corner at Mountain Brook]]
**** [[Avo]] (2009–present)
**** [[Dram Whisky Bar]]
** West side:
*** 2724: formerly [[Eve's Leaves]] (1967–2008)
*** 2726: formerly Browdy's (1944–1967), Baskin-Robbins (1970s–1980s)
*** 2726½: [[Andrea Carmichael]]
*** 2738: [[Starbucks]] (2001–present)
* [[Montevallo Road]] intersection
** 2800: [[Bromberg's]] (1959–present)
** 2801–05: [[Mountain Brook Estates building]]
*** 2805: [[Gilchrist]]
* [[Canterbury Road]] (east only) intersection
** 2807: [[Realtysouth]] (formerly [[Browdy's]] (1967–1991))
** 2812: [[Big Sky Bread Company]] (1994–present)
** 2814: formerly [[Logan Farms Honey Glazed Hams]]
** 2837: [[Jim Davenport's Pizza Palace]]
* [[Culver Road]] intersection
** 2913: [[Individuality Gallery]] (2010–present)
** [[Mountain Brook Office Park]] East
* [[Office Park Circle]] intersection
** [[Protective Center]]
** [[Shades Creek Park (office park)|Shades Creek Park]] office park
* [[Shades Creek Parkway]]/[[Mountain Brook Parkway]] intersection
** 3300: [[ServisFirst Bank]] (2005–2009)
* [[U.S. Highway 280]] intersection <!-- if Google Maps is to be believed -->


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 17:22, 10 March 2011

Cahaba Road is an approximately two-mile, predominantly north-south road connecting Key Circle on the crest of Red Mountain in Birmingham to Shades Creek Parkway/Mountain Brook Parkway in Mountain Brook. It passes through both English Village and Mountain Brook Village and is the location of the main entrance to the Birmingham Zoo.

Cahaba Road was created before 1900. In 1927, the Jemison Companies paved the road, providing smoother and faster access to their Mountain Brook Estates subdivision from Birmingham. For a long time, the part of the road going through English Village was known as 24th Street. In the mid-20th Century, prior to the construction of the current U.S. Highway 280, the road was part of the Florida Short Route.

In Mountain Brook Village, Cahaba Road converges with Montevallo and Canterbury Roads as a five-way intersection. However, an access road rings this intersection, setting the Mountain Brook Estates building, which is between Montevallo and Canterbury, back far enough to have some storefronts facing Cahaba.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Cahaba Road category.

References

  • "Shades Valley Six Minutes Nearer City". (November 1927). Jemison Magazine, page 6.
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