Division Avenue

Division Avenue is a 2-lane, mostly residential, east-west avenue traversing the East Lake and Roebuck-South East Lake communities. It acts as the dividing line between north and south avenues from Interstate 20 to Parkway East, taking the place of the Railroad Reservation, which is the dividing line in the downtown street grid.

Route

The westernmost portion of Division Avenue starts at 49th Street North and continues to 55th Street North, although it jogs north at both 53rd and 54th Streets. From there until east of I-20, 1st Avenue North and 1st Avenue South are only one block apart, leaving no room for Division Avenue.

Division Avenue resumes west of 65th Street and continues until terminating on the west side of East Lake Cemetery, which is along the west side of 78th Street. The street resumes on the east side of 78th and continues until it encounters Interstate 59, at which point it curves to 81st Street South. The road resumes again at 82nd Street on the other side of the interstate and continues until its terminus at Parkway East near the intersection of West Boulevard.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Division Avenue category.

For brevity, not all intersections are included.

East Lake neighborhood

• 65th Street intersects
  • 6521 Iglesia de Jesucristo Palabra Miel, former location of 66th Street Baptist Church
• 66th Street intersects
  • Ninevah Baptist Church, former location of 67th Street Methodist Church
• 67th Street intersects
  • 7203: Three Hots and a Cot Pardue House
• 75th Street intersects
  • 7501: Household of Faith Church (1996–)
• 76th Street intersects
  • 7600: 45th Street Baptist Church
  • 7601: Barrett Elementary School
• Oporto-Madrid Boulevard intersection

South East Lake

• Oporto-Madrid Boulevard intersection
  • East Lake Library
  • 7713: Birmingham Fire Station No. 19
• Road terminates at East Lake Cemetery

• 78th Street intersection (road terminus)
• Road turns south and becomes 81st Street South at Interstate 59

• 82nd Street North intersection (road terminus)
• 83rd Street intersection
  • 8300: Christ First Community Church
• 84th Street intersection
  • Robinson Elementary School
• 85th Street intersection
• 86th Street intersection
• 87th Street intersection
  • 8713: New Testament MB Church
• Parkway East intersection (road terminus)