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'''Crestwood Boulevard''' is the section of [[U. S. Highway 78]] running from [[5th Avenue South]] and [[47th Street South|47th Street]] to somewhere near [[John Rogers Drive]] in [[Irondale]]. It is so-named because it traverses the [[Crestwood]] neighborhood before crossing [[Red Mountain]] just south of [[Red Gap]].
'''Crestwood Boulevard''' is the section of [[U.S. Highway 78]] (also called the [[Bankhead Highway]]) running from [[5th Avenue South]] and [[47th Street South|47th Street]] to somewhere near [[John Rogers Drive]] in [[Irondale]]. It is so-named because it traverses the [[Crestwood]] neighborhood before crossing [[Red Mountain]] just south of [[Red Gap]]. East of [[Montevallo Road]] the Boulevard follows a route more or less parallel to [[I-20]].


East of [[Montevallo Road]] the Boulevard follows a route more or less parallel to [[I-20]].
It was first identified as "Proposed Avondale-Irondale Super-Highway" on a [[1946]] road map. At that time, the [[Bankhead Highway]] followed [[Montclair Road]] between [[Pawnee Avenue]] and [[Irondale]]. Through the 1950's, this section of US 78 was identified on road maps as the "Atlanta Highway" while the Montclair Road route continued to be called the Bankhead Highway.
 
Between [[53rd Street South]] and [[58th Street South]], the Boulevard features a wide median with concrete bollards. For Independence Day and other patriotic holidays in the 1960's through the 1980's, [[Boy Scout Troop 41]] of [[Woodlawn]] raised flags on flagpoles spaced at regular intervals along the median. The [[Alabama National Guard]] was responsible for installing the flagpoles in the median prior to each holiday and then returning them afterwards to Troop 41's Scout Hut next to [[Woodlawn United Methodist Church]].


The section of Crestwood Boulevard between Irondale and [[Crestwood Festival Center]] was landscaped in preparation for the [[1996 Olympic Games]]. [[Gradco, Inc.]] was paid $26,000 to install new plantings specified by landscape architect [[Mike Kirk]] to continue the style used already in Irondale.
The section of Crestwood Boulevard between Irondale and [[Crestwood Festival Center]] was landscaped in preparation for the [[1996 Olympic Games]]. [[Gradco, Inc.]] was paid $26,000 to install new plantings specified by landscape architect [[Mike Kirk]] to continue the style used already in Irondale.
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==Notable locations (west to east)==
==Notable locations (west to east)==
===Birmingham===
===Birmingham===
====[[Crestwood North]] (north) / [[Crestwood South]] (south)====
* boulevard merges with/splits from [[5th Avenue South]]
* boulevard merges with/splits from [[5th Avenue South]]
** [[Crestwood Park]]
** 5400: [[Crestwood Park]]
** 5500: [[Crestwood Tavern]], former location of [[Frostop Root Beer]] (1960s), [[Going Jesse]] restaurant (1960s), [[Mama Mia's Spaghettini]], [[La Mancha's]],  [[Bachelor's Three]] nightclub (late 1960s), [[Lochamy's BBQ]] (late 1960s), [[Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q]] (early 1970s), [[El Gringo's]] (1970s-1980s), [[Crestwood Grill]], [[Playas del Nayarit]], [[Michoacan]]
** 5500: [[Crestwood Tavern]], former location of [[Frostop Root Beer]] (1960s), [[Jesse Goin]] restaurant (1960s–1970), [[Mama Mia's Spaghettini]], [[La Mancha's]],  [[Bachelor's Three]] nightclub (late 1960s), [[Lochamy's BBQ]] (late 1960s), [[Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q]] (early 1970s), [[El Gringo's]] (1970s-1980s), [[Crestwood Grill]], [[Playas del Nayarit]], [[Michoacan]]
** 5502-5522: [[Crestwood Village]] shopping center (built 1957 as [[Crestwood Shopping Center]])
** 5502-5522: [[Crestwood Village]] shopping center (built 1957 as [[Crestwood Shopping Center]])
** 5524: [[The Filling Station]] restaurant (2015-), former location of [[Crestwood Auto]]
** 5524: [[The Filling Station]] restaurant (2015-), former location of [[Crestwood Auto]]


* [[56th Street South]] intersects
* [[56th Street South]] intersects
** 5600: residence
** 5616: residence, former location of [[W. A. Parker]] (1961)
** 5901: [[Alabama Waldorf School]] (2016–), former location of [[Crestwood Christian Church]]
** 5901: [[Alabama Waldorf School]] (2016–), former location of [[Crestwood Christian Church]]
** 6001: [[Salvation Army Birmingham Area Command|Salvation Army Youth Services Center]]
** 6001: [[Salvation Army Birmingham Area Command|Salvation Army Youth Services Center]]


* [[Eagle View Drive]] intersects, access to [[Eagle View Apartments]]
* [[Eagle View Drive]] intersects, access to [[The Vue at Crestwood]] apartments (built 1977 as [[The Vue at Crestwood|Mountain View Apartments]])
** 6400: [[Crestway Baptist Church]]
** 6400: [[Crestway Baptist Church]]
** 6701-7309: [[Crestwood Festival Center]]
** 6701-7309: [[Crestwood Festival Center]]
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*** 6901: [[Cabinets To Go]], former location of [[O'Charley's]]
*** 6901: [[Cabinets To Go]], former location of [[O'Charley's]]
*** 7001: main address for [[Crestwood Festival Center]]
*** 7001: main address for [[Crestwood Festival Center]]
*** 7303-7307: [[New China Buffet]], former location of [[Barnhill's Restaurant]]
*** 7201: proposed location of [[ACome Korean BBQ & Hot Pot]], former location of [[Ryan's Family Steak House]]
*** 7309: [[Food$mart]] (2001–), former location of [[Western Supermarket]] (-2001)
** 7400: [[Aldi]]
** 7400: [[Aldi]]
** 7401: former site of [[Gulas Supper Club]] and [[Hooters]]
** 7401: former site of [[Gulas Supper Club]] and [[Hooters]]


====[[Eastwood]] (north) / [[Crestline]] (south)====
* [[Cresthill Road]] intersects
* [[Cresthill Road]] intersects
** 7500: [[Red Mountain Motorsports]], former location of [[BMW Motorcycles of Birmingham]] (2011-2015)
** 7500: [[Red Mountain Motorsports]], former location of [[BMW Motorcycles of Birmingham]] (2011-2015)
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*** 7523: [[Citi Trends]]
*** 7523: [[Citi Trends]]
** 7580: [[Century Plaza]]
** 7580: [[Century Plaza]]
** 7601: former location of [[Red Lobster]]
** 7600: former location of [[Jack's Hamburgers]] Number 12
** 7601: former location of [[Red Lobster]] and the scene of a large fire on November 4, 2023
** 7621: [[ABC Store]], former location of [[Blockbuster]]
** 7621: [[ABC Store]], former location of [[Blockbuster]]
** 7641: [[Goo-Goo Wash]]
** 7641: [[Goo-Goo Wash]]
** 7665: former location of [[Lovable Pet Center]] (1983)
** 7665: former location of [[Lovable Pet Center]] (1983)


====[[Eastwood]]====
* [[Oporto-Madrid Boulevard]] intersects  
* [[Oporto-Madrid Boulevard]] intersects  
** [[Century Park East]]
** [[Century Park East]]
** [[Eastwood Village]] (former site of [[Eastwood Mall]])
** [[Eastwood Village]] (former site of [[Eastwood Mall]])
** 7701: [[Olive Garden]], former location of [[Krispy Kreme Doughnuts]]
** 7701: former location of [[Krispy Kreme Doughnuts]], [[Olive Garden]] restaurant, [[Baja California Cantina]] ([[Jaime Hernandez]] 2022–2024)
** former location of [[BTNB Eastwood branch]]
** former location of [[BTNB Eastwood branch]]
** 7712: [[TitleMax]], former location of [[Butters]] restaurant (1980s)
** 7712: [[TitleMax]], former location of [[Butters]] restaurant (1980s)
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*** 7825C: [[Acceptance Auto Insurance]]
*** 7825C: [[Acceptance Auto Insurance]]
*** 7825D: [[Advance America]]
*** 7825D: [[Advance America]]
*** 7845: [[Eastwood K-Mart]]
*** 7845: [[Kids Market & Mom]], former location of [[Eastwood K-Mart]]
*** 7849: [[Monarch Direct]] grocery store
*** 7849: [[Monarch Direct]] grocery store
*** 7865: former location of [[Lovable Pet Center]] (1981)
*** 7865: former location of [[Lovable Pet Center]] (1981)
*** 7881: former location of [[The Hobby Shop]] (1991)
*** 7883: [[Sammy's Old Fashion Hot Dogs]]
*** 7883: [[Sammy's Old Fashion Hot Dogs]]
*** 7893: former location of [[McMillan's Big & Tall]] (-2016)
*** 7893: former location of [[Pizza Perfect]] (1992), [[McMillan's Big & Tall]] (-2016)
** 7855: former location of [[La Cocina]] (1985)
** 7855: former location of [[La Cocina]] (1985)
** 7893: [[Southeastern Cellular & Paging]]
** 7893: [[Southeastern Cellular & Paging]]
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** 7909: [[KFC]]
** 7909: [[KFC]]
** 7911: former location of [[Howard Johnson's]] restaurant
** 7911: former location of [[Howard Johnson's]] restaurant
** 7929: former site of [[Dobbs House Luau]], [[China Garden]] (1988)
** 7929: former site of [[Dobbs House Luau]], [[China Garden]] (1988–1990)
** 7941: [[USA Economy Lodge]] & [[Calico's]] restaurant, former location of [[Holiday Inn]] (built 1962)
** 7941: former location of [[Holiday Inn]] (built 1962), [[Calico's]] restaurant, [[USA Economy Lodge]] (closed 2021)
** 7949: former location of [[Margaret's Dance Showcase]] (1966)
** 7949: former location of [[Margaret's Dance Showcase]] (1966)
** 7950: [[Villa Fiesta]], former location of [[El Palacio]] (1981)
** 7950: [[Villa Fiesta]], former location of [[El Palacio]] (1981)
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** 7956: [[Shrimp Basket]] (2015-)
** 7956: [[Shrimp Basket]] (2015-)
** 7958: former location of Superpetz
** 7958: former location of Superpetz
** 7960: [[Royal Paints]] / [[Art Sign Co.]], former location of [[Layton Environmental Engineering]] (1993)
** 7960: [[Royal Paints]] / [[Art Sign Co.]], former location of [[Prestige Productions]] (1965–1966), [[Layton Environmental Engineering]] (1993)
** 7964: [[Family Auto Sales]]
** 7964: [[Family Auto Sales]]


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===[[Irondale]]===
===[[Irondale]]===
** 1620-1628: [[Grants Mill Station]] shopping center
** 1616-1630: [[5 Points East]] shopping center (built c. 1960s)
*** 1620: [[Auto Express Insurance]], former location of [[L & T Electronics]] (1970s)
*** 1624: [[Q C Financial Services]]
*** 1628: [[Subway]]
** 1701: [[Stan's Car Sales]], former location of [[Jiffy-Lube]]
** 1701: [[Stan's Car Sales]], former location of [[Jiffy-Lube]]
** 1703: [[Hamburger Heaven]]
** 1703: [[Hamburger Heaven]]
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** 1724: [[Jack's]] restaurant
** 1724: [[Jack's]] restaurant
** 1730: [[AAMCO Transmissions]]
** 1730: [[AAMCO Transmissions]]
** 1801: [[PNC Bank]]
** 1801: former location of [[PNC Bank]] (closed 2022)
** 1804: Chevron station / [[Sneaky Pete's]]
** 1804: Chevron station / [[Sneaky Pete's]]
** 1810: [[Krystal]] hamburgers
** 1810: [[Krystal]] hamburgers
** 1811: [[La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries]]
** 1811: former location of [[La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries]] (built 1995)
** 1813: [[America's Best Value Inn]] & [[El Cancun Mexican Restaurant]]
** 1813: [[America's Best Value Inn]] & [[El Cancun Mexican Restaurant]]
** 1815: [[Village Spirits]]
** 1815: [[Village Spirits]]
** 1816: [[Kangaroo Express]]
** 1816: [[Kangaroo Express]]
** 1819: [[Eat at Panoptic]] ([[Raquel Ervin]] 2020–), former location of [[Robert Denny]] physician (1969), exterminator, [[Green Acres Cafe]]
** 1819: [[Eat at Panoptic]] ([[Raquel Ervin]] May 1, 2021–), former location of [[Robert Denny]] physician (1969), exterminator, [[Green Acres Cafe]]
** 1845: former location of [[Regions Bank]] (–2020)
** 1845: former location of [[Regions Bank]] (–2020)
** 1847: former location of [[Kayser's Furniture]]
** 1847: former location of [[Kayser's Furniture]]
** 1848: [[Taco Mariachi]], former location of [[American Family Care]]
** 1848: [[Taco Mariachi]], former location of [[American Family Care]]
** 1900: [[Veenschoten & Co.]]
** 1900–2000: [[New South Center]] (built 1968)
** 1905: [[Sherwin-Williams Paint Store]]
** 1905: [[Sherwin-Williams Paint Store]]
** 1911: former location of [[Haverty's Furniture]]
** 1911: former location of [[Haverty's Furniture]]
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*** 2627: former location of [[Heavy Metal]], personal trainers
*** 2627: former location of [[Heavy Metal]], personal trainers
*** 2631: [[Plaza Antiques]] (2015-), former location of [[L & M Mower]] (2008)
*** 2631: [[Plaza Antiques]] (2015-), former location of [[L & M Mower]] (2008)
** 2709: [[Smokey’s Pit Stop]] / [[Sunoco]] gas station (January 2012–) / [[Eat at Panoptic|Panoptic Food Truck]] (July 2020–), former location of [[Q P|Q P 233]] gas station
** 2709: [[Smokey's Pit Stop]] / [[Sunoco]] gas station (January 2012–) / [[Eat at Panoptic|Panoptic Food Truck]] (July 2020–), former location of [[Q P|Q P 233]] gas station
** 2721: [[Alabama Spay & Neuter Clinic]]
** 2721: [[Alabama Spay & Neuter Clinic]]
** 2730: [[Irondale Post Office]]
** 2730: [[Irondale Post Office]]
** 2749: [[Iron City Stone & Supply]]
** 2749: [[Iron City Stone & Supply]]
** 2750: [[IBML]], former location of [[Champion Lincoln Mercury Merkur]] (1987)
** 2750: [[IBML]], former location of [[Champion Lincoln Mercury Merkur]] (1987)
** 2800: [[Peak Season]] corporate headquarters
** 2800: [[Peak Season]] furniture manufacturer
** 2870: [[Sprayroq]], former location of [[Creative Polymer Solutions]]
** 2880: [[Wells Fargo Bank]]
** 2880: [[Wells Fargo Bank]]
** 2890: [[Borden Dairy]]
** 2890: [[Borden Dairy]]
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==References==
==References==
* (1946) "[https://bplonline.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15099coll3/id/1485/rec/45 Whitson's map of Birmingham and vicinity]", from the [[Birmingham Public Library]] Digital Collection
* (1951) "[https://bplonline.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15099coll3/id/1527/rec/49 Official street name map of the city of Birmingham, Alabama]", from the [[Birmingham Public Library]] Digital Collection
* Hulen, Tara (March 13, 1996) "Eastwood to spruce up for Olympics." {{BN}}
* Hulen, Tara (March 13, 1996) "Eastwood to spruce up for Olympics." {{BN}}
* Chambers, Jesse (April 5, 2018) "Two city councilors eye stretch of Highway 78 as 'complete street'." ''Iron City Ink''
* Chambers, Jesse (April 5, 2018) "Two city councilors eye stretch of Highway 78 as 'complete street'." ''Iron City Ink''
* Robinson, Carol (November 4, 2023) "[https://www.al.com/news/2023/11/firefighters-battling-blaze-at-old-red-lobster-building-on-birminghams-crestwood-boulevard.html Firefighters battling blaze at old Red Lobster building on Birmingham’s Crestwood Boulevard]." ''AL.com''
* Byington, Pat (February 8, 2024) "Mexican restaurant on Crestwood Boulevard has closed." ''BhamNow''


[[Category:Crestwood Boulevard|*]]
[[Category:Crestwood Boulevard|*]]

Revision as of 01:14, 9 February 2024

Crestwood Boulevard is the section of U.S. Highway 78 (also called the Bankhead Highway) running from 5th Avenue South and 47th Street to somewhere near John Rogers Drive in Irondale. It is so-named because it traverses the Crestwood neighborhood before crossing Red Mountain just south of Red Gap. East of Montevallo Road the Boulevard follows a route more or less parallel to I-20.

It was first identified as "Proposed Avondale-Irondale Super-Highway" on a 1946 road map. At that time, the Bankhead Highway followed Montclair Road between Pawnee Avenue and Irondale. Through the 1950's, this section of US 78 was identified on road maps as the "Atlanta Highway" while the Montclair Road route continued to be called the Bankhead Highway.

Between 53rd Street South and 58th Street South, the Boulevard features a wide median with concrete bollards. For Independence Day and other patriotic holidays in the 1960's through the 1980's, Boy Scout Troop 41 of Woodlawn raised flags on flagpoles spaced at regular intervals along the median. The Alabama National Guard was responsible for installing the flagpoles in the median prior to each holiday and then returning them afterwards to Troop 41's Scout Hut next to Woodlawn United Methodist Church.

The section of Crestwood Boulevard between Irondale and Crestwood Festival Center was landscaped in preparation for the 1996 Olympic Games. Gradco, Inc. was paid $26,000 to install new plantings specified by landscape architect Mike Kirk to continue the style used already in Irondale.

In April 2019 the Birmingham City Council approved 20% matching funds to commission a Crestwood APPLE Study/Crestwood Boulevard Corridor Study through the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham to determine of the Boulevard could be redesigned according to "complete street" principles, with improved access for pedestrian and bicycle traffic.

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Notable locations (west to east)

Birmingham

Crestwood North (north) / Crestwood South (south)

Eastwood (north) / Crestline (south)

Eastwood

Irondale

References

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