5th Avenue North
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5th Avenue North is a downtown street in Birmingham's northside. It ends at a drainage headwall for Valley Creek at 7th Street North to the west and becomes Messer Airport Highway to the east as it crosses below the Elton B. Stephens Expressway and the Norfolk Southern Railroad.
The eastern end of 5th Avenue North was once the principal entranceway into Birmingham by rail, as it was the site of the Birmingham Terminal Station. Many of Birmingham's early hotels were constructed along 5th Avenue heading west toward 20th street from the station.
The intersection of 5th Avenue North with 24th Street North is close to the geographical center of Birmingham.
Notable locations
- 1527: A. G. Gaston Building
- 1600: Kelly Ingram Park
- 1617: Freedom Manor
- 1800: Federal Courthouse Building
- 1800: Proposed site for Roden Hotel
- 1801: Federal Reserve Building
- 1961: Wachovia Tower
- 1960: AmSouth Center
- 2101: Redmont Hotel
- 2107: Age-Herald Building
- 2305: Jessie's Place