Bush Boulevard
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Bush Boulevard, formally Bush Boulevard West, is a broad residential street, divided by a median strip, which winds through the Bush Hills neighborhood, from 8th Avenue West at Graymont Avenue to 19th Street Ensley at Pike Road at Ensley Highlands. Addresses on Bush Boulevard continue westward to the present I-20/59 interchange at Avenue Y Ensley. The interstate's construction bisected the former Shady Side community.
The No. 7 Wylam-Bush Hills streetcar line traveled Bush Boulevard beginning in 1905.
Notable addresses
- Graymont Avenue (boulevard continues east as 8th Avenue West
- 1304: Solomon's Temple Church
- former entrance drive to Birmingham-Southern College
- Pike Road (Ensley) (boulevard continues west as 19th Street Ensley
- Alma P. Dennis Park
- 2533: Deluxe Cleaners
- 2534: former location of Shadyside Grill (Alvin West 1953)
- 2530: former location of Chevron gas station, Banksy graffiti (September 2008)
- 2517: Bush Quick Stop
- 2300: Mullins Funeral Service