Oporto-Madrid Boulevard

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Oporto-Madrid Boulevard is an approximately 3⅓-mile, predominantly north-south major thoroughfare on Birmingham's east side, traversing the East Lake, Roebuck-South East Lake, and Crestline communities. Between 1st Avenue North and about 77th Way South, it is actually the border between the East Lake and Roebuck-South East Lake communities.

Oporto-Madrid Boulevard was originally three separately-named streets. The northern portion, heading northwest-southeast, was 77th Street. At 77th Way the road turns north-south and became Madrid Avenue down to Georgia Road. Oporto Road originally met Georgia Road to the east of Madrid and ended at Montclair Road. In the 1960s, Oporto was rerouted through Red Gap with a new bridge built over the railroad tracks, connecting it directly to Madrid. The road was subsequently renamed Oporto-Madrid Boulevard for its entire length. It was extended the extra tenth of a mile south to Montevallo Road in the 1970s.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Oporto-Madrid Boulevard category.
For clarity, not all intersections are included. Odd numbers are on the east side, even on the west.

East Lake community

East Lake/Roebuck-South East Lake

East Lake community

Crestline community

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