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* [[Green Springs Highway]]/[[Columbiana Road]] intersection (continues east as [[Lakeshore Drive]])
* [[Green Springs Highway]]/[[Columbiana Road]] intersection (continues east as [[Lakeshore Drive]])
* [[Interstate 65]] interchange
* [[Interstate 65]] interchange
** 200 block: [[Wildwood Shopping Center]]
** 200 block: [[Wildwood Shopping Center]]/[[Wildwood North Shopping Center]]
** 300: [[John Carroll Catholic High School]]
** 300: [[John Carroll Catholic High School]]
* [[West Oxmoor Road]] intersection
* [[West Oxmoor Road]] intersection
** 601:  [[Regions Bank]] branch
** 601:  [[Regions Bank]] branch
** 750:  [[Saks, Inc.]] distribution center
** 750:  [[Saks, Inc.]] distribution center
* Industrial Drive/Tom Martin Drive intersection
* [[Industrial Drive]]/[[Tom Martin Drive]] intersection
** 800:  [[Bruno's]] headquarters and distribution center
** 800:  [[Bruno's]] headquarters and distribution center
* London Parkway intersection
* [[London Parkway]] intersection
** [[Lakeshore Crossings Business Park]]
** [[Lakeshore Crossings Business Park]]
** [[Lakeshore Ridge]] apartments
** [[Lakeshore Ridge]] apartments
** [[Lakeshore Village]] shopping center
** [[Lakeshore Village]] shopping center
* Frankfurt Drive/Frankfurt Circle intersection
* [[Frankfurt Drive]]/[[Frankfurt Circl]]e intersection (access to [[Red Mountain Park]])
** [[Glenbrook at Oxmoor Valley]]
* [[Sydney Drive]]/[[Oslo Circle]] intersection (near termination of [[Wenonah-Oxmoor Road]]
* [[Milan Parkway]] intersection
* [[Milan Parkway]] intersection
** [[Regions Bank]] Lakeshore Operations Center (address on Milan Parkway)
** [[Regions Bank]] Lakeshore Operations Center (address on Milan Parkway)
* [[Shannon Wenonah Road]] intersection
* [[Shannon Wenonah Road]]/[[Venice Road]] intersection
** Back side of [[Oxmoor Valley Golf Course]]
** Back side of [[Oxmoor Valley Golf Course]]
** [[Jefferson Metropolitan Park at Lakeshore]]
** [[Jefferson Metropolitan Park at Lakeshore]]
* [[Alabama State Highway 150]] intersection
* [[Borah Avenue]] intersection
* [[Alabama State Highway 150]]/[[14th Street South Bessemer]] intersection near [[Muscoda]]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 21:05, 20 May 2008

Lakeshore Parkway is an approximately 9-1/2 mile, northeast-southwest road that acts as an extension of Lakeshore Drive in Homewood, connecting it to Alabama State Highway 150 in southeast Bessemer, but the majority of the road is in the Birmingham city limits. It is a four-lane divided highway featuring a wide median for its entire length, although it expands for additional turn lanes at most intersections.

The first portion of Lakeshore Parkway, from Green Springs Highway/Columbiana Road to West Oxmoor Road, including the Interstate 65 interchange, was completed in the early 1990s. A few years later it was extended to Shannon Wenonah Road and finally, on April 19, 2001, to Highway 150. The road is planned to eventually to connect to Morgan Road at Interstate 459.

The City of Birmingham is restricting development on its portion of the road through a group of covenants. Instead of direct access to the parkway, developments must provide access from side streets, the number of which will be limited. The convenants also require high-quality building materials and extensive landscaping and restricts signage to four colors. This is all in an effort to prevent the kinds of traffic and development problems that have taken place with on U.S. Highway 280.

Notable locations

References

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