6th Avenue North: Difference between revisions
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** 1201-1231: [[Alabama Power Company]] vehicle maintenance garage (1950s-2020) | |||
** 1231: former location of [[Dixie Brass & Foundry]] (1925) | ** 1231: former location of [[Dixie Brass & Foundry]] (1925) | ||
* [[13th Street North]] intersection | * [[13th Street North]] intersection |
Revision as of 15:26, 27 August 2019
Sixth Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The westernmost section by that name ends at Center Street, although the road continues further west as 6th Avenue West. The main section ends at Carraway Boulevard in the east, although additional segments can be found further east, particularly in East Lake.
Between 9th Street North and Carraway Boulevard, 6th Avenue is one way westbound and three lanes wide. At the east end, off-ramps from Interstate 20/59, both east- and westbound exit in line with 6th Avenue. An Interstate 65 south off-ramp ends at 6th Avenue feeding into 10th Avenue North while an I-65 north on-ramp splits from 11th Avenue North just north of 6th Avenue.
History
Electric lights were installed on 6th Avenue North from 17th to 25th Street in 1945 under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.
6th Avenue North was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic was from Red Mountain Expressway to 9th Street North in 1973 by the Alabama Department of Transportation's TOPICS (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program.
Notable locations
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 6th Avenue North category.
- Center Street intersection (road continues as 6th Avenue West)
- 102: former location of the Canyon Club (1940s-1950s)
- 105: Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church
- 212: former location of Ransom's Garage (1927)
- 600: Roland's Auto Works
- 701: Karl's Kar Klinic
- 900: I Got a Deal Auto Glass & Trim
- 930: Perfect Repair Collision Center, former location of Gray Printing
- Interstate 65 south off-ramp/10th Street North intersection
- 11th Street North intersection
- 12th Street North intersection
- 1201-1231: Alabama Power Company vehicle maintenance garage (1950s-2020)
- 1231: former location of Dixie Brass & Foundry (1925)
- 13th Street North intersection
- 1313: Alabama Power Metro Central customer service center
- 14th Street North intersection
- 1431: former location of T.J. Burke grocer (1887)
- 15th Street North intersection
- North side
- South side
- 16th Street North intersection
- North side
- former site of Jockey Boy Restaurant
- former site of West End Grammar School
- South side
- North side
- 17th Street North intersection
- North side
- Alabama Power Building
- 1706: former location of Young Men's Hebrew Association (1920)
- South side
- North side
- 18th Street North intersection
- North side
- South side
- 19th Street North intersection
- North side (Block 34)
- Family Reserve Insurance building (1946), also known as the Land Title Building. Former site of the A. W. Smith residence
- 1904: former location of Estell's Place
- South side
- 1901: Regions-Harbert Plaza (former site of Masonic Temple Building containing Loew's Temple Theater)
- North side (Block 34)
- 20th Street North intersection
- North side
- 2012-2014: Crow Building
- 2014: Alabama Rivers Alliance (2013-)
- Tutwiler Hotel (1986) (formerly the Ridgely Apartments, former site of the Enslen Building)
- 2012-2014: Crow Building
- South side
- North side
- Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard North intersection
- North side
- Energen Plaza (former site of Essex House/Daniel-Branscomb Tower (with the Downtown Club, Dale's Cellar), proposed site of Robert E. Lee Klan meeting hall (1924)
- Energen Plaza parking deck (former site of the T. L. Hudgins residence)
- South side
- 2101: Colonial Plaza, former location of the Red Room bar (1973)
- 2131: Former location of a residence, used as the first location of the University of Alabama Birmingham Extension Center (1936-)
- North side
- 22nd Street North intersection
- North side
- Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
- South side
- Parking lot
- 2215: former location of Perry Carpenter residence (-1893)
- Parking lot
- North side
- 23rd Street North intersection
- North side
- Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
- 2308: former location of St Paul's Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (1891)
- Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
- South side
- Powell School (former site of the Free School (1874–1886))
- North side
- 24th Street North intersection
- North side
- South side
- Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
- 25th Street North intersection
- North side
- Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
- South side
- Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
- North side
- Carraway Boulevard intersection (road ends facing I-20/59 off-ramps)
To north: I-20/59 |
Interstate 65 southbound exits 6th Avenue North |
To south: 4th Avenue South |