5th Avenue South: Difference between revisions

From Bhamwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 24: Line 24:
=== [[Five Points South neighborhood]] ===
=== [[Five Points South neighborhood]] ===
* [[8th Street South]] intersection (road begins)
* [[8th Street South]] intersection (road begins)
** 801: [[EBSCO Media]]
* [[10th Street South]] intersection
* [[10th Street South]] intersection
** [[Interstate 65]] underpass
** [[Interstate 65]] underpass
Line 32: Line 33:
** 1321: [[Jefferson County Department of Human Resources building]]
** 1321: [[Jefferson County Department of Human Resources building]]
* [[14th Street South]] intersection
* [[14th Street South]] intersection
** [[Jefferson County Department of Health Parking Deck]]
* [[15th Street South]] intersection
* [[15th Street South]] intersection
** North side
** North side
*** [[Arlington Business Center]]
*** [[Arlington Business Center]]
**** 1506: [[Watts Realty]]
**** 1506: [[Watts Realty]]
** South side
*** 1501: McDonald's
*** Captain D's
* [[16th Street South]] intersection
* [[16th Street South]] intersection
** North side ([[Block 158]])
** North side ([[Block 158]])
Line 42: Line 47:
*** [[Children's Hospital|Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children]]
*** [[Children's Hospital|Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children]]
* [[17th Street South]] intersection (north only)
* [[17th Street South]] intersection (north only)
** North side
*** Parking lot
** South side ([[Block 176]])
** South side ([[Block 176]])
*** [[Hazelrig-Salter Radiation Oncology Center]] and [[UAB Women and Infants Center]]
*** [[Hazelrig-Salter Radiation Oncology Center]] and [[UAB Women and Infants Center]]
* [[18th Street South]] intersection
* [[18th Street South]] intersection
** North side
*** Parking deck
*** 1820: Courtyard by Marriott Birmingham Downtown
** South side
** South side
*** [[UAB North Pavilion]]
*** [[UAB North Pavilion]]
Line 59: Line 69:
*** [[Kirklin Clinic]] (former site of the [[Paul Hayne School]])
*** [[Kirklin Clinic]] (former site of the [[Paul Hayne School]])
* [[21st Street South]] ([[Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard]]) intersection
* [[21st Street South]] ([[Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard]]) intersection
** South side
*** [[Kirklin Clinic parking deck]]
* [[22nd Street South]] intersection
* [[22nd Street South]] intersection
** former location of [[Birmingham Brewing Company (1889)]] & [[Alabama Brewing Company]] <!-- approximate -->
** former location of [[Birmingham Brewing Company (1889)]] & [[Alabama Brewing Company]] <!-- approximate -->
** 2201: [[Liv on Fifth]]
** North side
** 2222: [[Confederate Motors]]
*** 2222: [[Confederate Motors]]
** South side
*** 2201: [[Liv on Fifth]]
**** Suite 100: [[Clarus Consulting Group]]
*** [[Workplay]]
* [[23rd Street South]] intersection
* [[23rd Street South]] intersection
** 2309: [[Ted's Garage]]
** North side
** [[The Quest]]
*** [[The Quest]]
** South side
*** 2301: Sherwin-Williams
*** 2309: [[Ted's Garage]]
*** 2331: [[Estes Automotive Center]]
* [[24th Street South]] intersection
* [[24th Street South]] intersection


=== [[Southside neighborhood]] ===
=== [[Southside neighborhood]] ===
* [[24th Street South]] intersection
* [[24th Street South]] intersection
** 2410: [[5th Avenue Antiques]]
** 2420: [[Bonds Brothers Supply Company]]
* [[25th Street South]] intersection
* [[25th Street South]] intersection
** 2503: Gulf Coast Rehab Equipment
** 2505: [[Artistic Concept Florist]]
** 2508: Hertz
** 2513: [[Tooter's Catering]]
** 2523: [[Pattillo Balance & Hearing Center]]
* [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]] underpass
* [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]] underpass
** 2612: [[Mt Olive Baptist Church]]
** 2617: [[Hutchinson Automotive]]
** 2625: [[Williams Machine & Welding]]
* [[27th Street South]] intersection
* [[27th Street South]] intersection
** [[Absco Fireplace & Patio]]
* 28th Street South intersection
** 2801: [[Alabama Graphics & Engineering]]
** 2809: [[Yarbrough Companies]]
** 2824: [[AQUA Lounge and Nightclub]]
* 29th Street South intersection
* 29th Street South intersection
** [[Davis Center]]
** [[Davis Center]]
** 2923: [[American Osment]]
* 30th Street South intersection
* 30th Street South intersection
** 3101: [[Advance Auto Parts]]
** [[Tsitalia Imports]]
** 3300: [[American Pipe & Supply]]
** 3317: [[Roden Electrical Supply Company]]
** 3401: [[Elegant Earth at the Arbor]]
** 3421: [[Lighting Partnership]]
* 35th Street South intersection
* 35th Street South intersection
** South side
** South side
*** former site of [[Williamson-Willey Pontiac|Williamson-Willey Pontiac Plaza]]
*** former site of [[Williamson-Willey Pontiac|Williamson-Willey Pontiac Plaza]]
* 36th Street South intersection
* 36th Street South intersection
** 3600: [[DME Services]]
** 3601: [[Davis Wholesale Florist]]
** 3616: [[Skyline Exhibits & Graphics]]
** 3624: [[Birmingham Limb & Brace]]
** 3625: [[Sound of Birmingham]]
** 3625: [[Sound of Birmingham]]
** 3629: [[Lane Energy Systems]]
* 37th Street South intersection
* 37th Street South intersection


=== [[Forest Park-South Avondale]] ===
=== [[Forest Park-South Avondale]] ===
* 37th Street South intersection
* 37th Street South intersection
** 3703: [[Printing Place]]
** [[Avondale United Methodist Church]]
** [[Avondale United Methodist Church]]
* 40th Street South intersection (south only)
* 40th Street South intersection (south only)
Line 94: Line 142:
* [[41st Street South]] intersection (north only)
* [[41st Street South]] intersection (north only)
** 4100: [[Munchies Food Store]]
** 4100: [[Munchies Food Store]]
** 4413: [[Birmingham Friends Meeting]]
** 4439: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 10/22]]
** 4439: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 10/22]]
* 45th Street South intersection
* 45th Street South intersection
Line 99: Line 148:
=== [[Forest Park-South Avondale]]/[[East Avondale]] ===
=== [[Forest Park-South Avondale]]/[[East Avondale]] ===
* 45th Street/[[4th Avenue South]] intersection (becomes [[U.S. Highway 78]] from west)
* 45th Street/[[4th Avenue South]] intersection (becomes [[U.S. Highway 78]] from west)
** 4515: [[Southern Skin Divers Supply]]
** 4600: [[Nomtae]]
** 4600: [[Nomtae]]
** 4605: [[Avonwood Cleaners]]
** 4605: [[Avonwood Cleaners]]
Line 106: Line 156:
=== [[East Avondale]]/[[Crestwood South]] ===
=== [[East Avondale]]/[[Crestwood South]] ===
* 47th Street South intersection
* 47th Street South intersection
** 4710: [[World Class Auto Repair]]
* [[Crestwood Boulevard]] intersection (Highway 78 follows Crestwood to east)
* [[Crestwood Boulevard]] intersection (Highway 78 follows Crestwood to east)
* 48th Street South intersection
* 48th Street South intersection
Line 111: Line 162:
=== [[East Avondale]]/[[Crestwood North]] ===
=== [[East Avondale]]/[[Crestwood North]] ===
* 48th Street South intersection
* 48th Street South intersection
** 4807: [[Birmingham Trophy Shop]]
** 4900: [[Alabama Construction Supply]]
** 4937: [[All Nations Worship Center]]
** 5004: [[Cooper Construction]]
** [[CMC Steel Alabama]]
** [[CMC Steel Alabama]]
* 62nd Street South intersection
** 5437: [[Groveland Baptist Church]]
* 54th Place South intersection (south only)
** Residential
* 62nd Street South intersection (south only)


=== [[Oak Ridge Park]] ===
=== [[Oak Ridge Park]] ===
* 62nd Street South intersection
* 62nd Street South intersection (south only)
** Residential
* Antwerp Avenue (road ends)
* Antwerp Avenue (road ends)


Line 121: Line 180:
* Higdon Road intersection (road begins)
* Higdon Road intersection (road begins)
** 6869: [[Hill Crest Behavioral Health Services]]
** 6869: [[Hill Crest Behavioral Health Services]]
* 71st Street South intersection (south only; road ends)
* Road begins
* 75th Street South intersection
* [[Oporto-Madrid Boulevard]] intersection


=== [[South East Lake]] ===
=== [[South East Lake]] ===
* [[Oporto-Madrid Boulevard]] intersection
* Vanderbilt Street intersection (south only, road ends)
* 78th Street South intersection (road begins)
* 81st Street South intersection (road ends)
* 81st Street South intersection (road ends)
** [[Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School]]
** [[Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School]]

Revision as of 11:11, 27 June 2012

Fifth Avenue South (originally Avenue E) is a two-way, east-west avenue in Birmingham, one of the longest continuous avenues stretching across the city's south side. Portions of the street exist from North Titusville in the west to South East Lake in the east, but the main section runs from the Five Points South neighborhood all the way to Oak Ridge Park, becoming part of U.S. Highway 78 for a few blocks along its path.

Route

The beginning of 5th Avenue South is in the North Titusville neighborhood, west of downtown, at Center Street. It takes up from a short section of 5th Avenue Southwest that begins at Goldwire Street, about two blocks west of Center Street. The avenue ends at the intersection of 3rd Street and Omega Street.

In the Five Points South neighborhood, just east of the railroad tracks, the main portion of 5th Avenue South begins at 8th Street South. After passing under the raised portion of Interstate 65, in continues west through University of Alabama Birmingham campus into the Southside neighborhood. There it passes under the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (U.S. Highways 31 and 280) and continues west into the Forest Park-South Avondale neighborhood.

As it enters East Avondale, 4th Avenue South, which is also U.S. Highway 78, merges into 5th Avenue at 45th Street. Thus 5th become Highway 78 for a few blocks, until the two split at 47th Street. Highway 78 continues east along Crestwood Boulevard while 5th turns more northeastward, forming the border between East Avondale and Crestwood North.

At the railroad tracks, the main road continues northeast as 1st Avenue South while 5th Avenue splits of more eastward to remain inside Crestwood North along the south side of the tracks. It continues into Oak Ridge Park before ending at Antwerp Avenue.

Another section begins in the East Lake neighborhood at Ligdon Road where Hill Crest Behavioral Health Searvices is located, only to end at 71st Street. It begins again southwest of 75th Street and continues a short way into South East Lake before ending again at Vanderbilt Street. It resumes again one block northeast at 78th Street and ends at the entrance of Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School at 81st Street. It resumes on the other side of the campus at 82nd Street before finally ending for good at 85th Street.

From 8th to 36th Street, the road provides two lanes of travel in each direction. It then becomes a two-lane road until meeting 4th Avenue and becoming Highway 78, where it is six lanes. North of Crestwood Boulevard, it is again four lanes until splitting off at the railroad tracks in Crestwood North. All other portions are two-lane, residential streets.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 5th Avenue South category.

North Titusville

Five Points South neighborhood

Southside neighborhood

Forest Park-South Avondale

Forest Park-South Avondale/East Avondale

East Avondale/Crestwood South

East Avondale/Crestwood North

Oak Ridge Park

  • 62nd Street South intersection (south only)
    • Residential
  • Antwerp Avenue (road ends)

East Lake neighborhood

South East Lake

  • Oporto-Madrid Boulevard intersection
  • Vanderbilt Street intersection (south only, road ends)
  • 78th Street South intersection (road begins)
  • 81st Street South intersection (road ends)
  • 82nd Street South intersection (road begins)
  • 85th Street South intersection (road ends)
Retrieved from "http://bhamwiki.com/w/index.php?title=5th_Avenue_South&oldid=87344"