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[[File:Airport Motel postcard.jpg|right|thumb|325px|Airport Motel seen from the control tower]] | |||
The '''Birmingham Airport Motel''' was a 120 room motel located at 5900 [[Messer Airport Highway]] adjacent to the main terminal at [[Birmingham International Airport|Birmingham Municipal Airport]]. | |||
The motel was constructed in [[1961]]. A ground testing facility used by the [[Alabama Aircraft Industrie|Hayes International Corporation]] was relocated for the access road to the new terminal and motel project by the City of [[Birmingham]]. The motel restaurant was known as '''[[Aeronaut Restaurant]]''', and its bar was the '''Flight Lounge'''. | |||
==References== | |||
* "[http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/Airport%20Motel%20(10-61).jpg New road routed over noted site]" (October 1961) {{BN}} - via [[Birmingham Rewound]] | |||
[[Category:Motels]] | |||
[[Category:Messer Airport Highway]] | |||
[[Category:1961 buildings]] | |||
[[Category:1961 establishments]] | |||
[[Category:Demolished buildings]] | |||
[[Category:Birmingham airport]] | |||
Revision as of 16:41, 20 April 2023
The Birmingham Airport Motel was a 120 room motel located at 5900 Messer Airport Highway adjacent to the main terminal at Birmingham Municipal Airport.
The motel was constructed in 1961. A ground testing facility used by the Hayes International Corporation was relocated for the access road to the new terminal and motel project by the City of Birmingham. The motel restaurant was known as Aeronaut Restaurant, and its bar was the Flight Lounge.
References
- "New road routed over noted site" (October 1961) The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Rewound
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