Old Montgomery Highway (Homewood)

This article is about Old Montgomery Highway in Homewood. For other roads by this name, see Old Montgomery Highway.

Old Montgomery Highway in Homewood is a road that was previously part of Montgomery Highway. In 1937, the highway was improved as a so-called "Trailer Route" and rerouted with gentler curves than the previous Montgomery Highway. The improvements created a wider, straighter route up the north side of Shades Mountain that later renamed Independence Drive. The segments of the previous Montgomery Highway came be known as Old Montgomery Highway, a name that persists today.

Going south, Old Montgomery Highway branchs off Independence Drive to the east across from Saulter Road. It travels southeast, then turns southwest to cross Independence Drive. It then goes south, crossing Lakeshore Drive before winding up Shades Mountain to the top, rejoining the new road just south the Vestavia Hills city limits.

Notable locations

• Independence Drive intersection (continues west as Saulter Road)
• Windsor Drive intersection
• Independence Drive intersection
  • Lakeshore Foundation
• Lakeshore Drive intersection
  • Homewood National Guard Armory (address is on South Lakeshore Drive)
• South Lakeshore Drive intersection
  • 65: Covenant Presbyterian Church
• Independence Drive intersection (road end)