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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 [[ | '''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 [[Elyton]] to the [[Cullman County]] community of [[Arkadelphia]]. A spur of the road from [[Blount County]] follows [[Jefferson County 89]] to the [[Warrior-Jasper Road]]. Remaining segments of the road follow 4th Street West in [[Hooper City]] to [[Coalburg Road]], [[Fieldstown Road]], [[Newfound Road]], and [[Mount Olive Road]] to [[Partridge Crossroads]] and [[Corner]], and into [[Blount County]] on [[Blount County 40]] to [[Blount County 17]], where the road crosses the [[Mulberry Fork]] into [[Cullman County]] on [[Cullman County 35]] to its terminus in [[Arkadelphia]]. | ||
Part of Arkadelphia Road in Birmingham once carried the [[No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line]]. | Part of Arkadelphia Road in Birmingham once carried the [[No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line]]. | ||
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* 801: [[McCoy United Methodist Church]] | * 801: [[McCoy United Methodist Church]] | ||
* 900: [[Birmingham-Southern College]] | * 900: [[Birmingham-Southern College]] | ||
* 901: [[Wendy's]] restaurant | |||
* [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]] interchange | * [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]] interchange | ||
* [[11th Court West]] ([[Day's Inn Birmingham]]) | * [[11th Court West]] ([[Day's Inn Birmingham]]) | ||
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* [[Village Creek]] | * [[Village Creek]] | ||
* 1223: [[Charlie's Cafe]] | * 1223: [[Charlie's Cafe]] | ||
* 1624: former location of [[Barbecue Dan]] ([[John Levi]] 1951) | |||
[[Category:Arkadelphia Road|*]] | [[Category:Arkadelphia Road|*]] | ||
[[Category:Blount County roads]] | [[Category:Blount County roads]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:41, 12 March 2023
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 Elyton to the Cullman County community of Arkadelphia. A spur of the road from Blount County follows Jefferson County 89 to the Warrior-Jasper Road. Remaining segments of the road follow 4th Street West in Hooper City to Coalburg Road, Fieldstown Road, Newfound Road, and Mount Olive Road to Partridge Crossroads and Corner, and into Blount County on Blount County 40 to Blount County 17, where the road crosses the Mulberry Fork into Cullman County on Cullman County 35 to its terminus in Arkadelphia.
Part of Arkadelphia Road in Birmingham once carried the No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line.
Notable locations (south to north)
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Arkadelphia Road category.
- continued from Princeton Parkway/8th Street West
- intersection with Graymont Avenue
- former location of Clark's Service Station
- 864: Omega Psi Phi
- 801: McCoy United Methodist Church
- 900: Birmingham-Southern College
- 901: Wendy's restaurant
- 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
- 1624: former location of Barbecue Dan (John Levi 1951)