Lakeshore Parkway
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 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 U.S. Highway 280.
Notable locations
- Green Springs Highway/Columbiana Road intersection (continues east as Lakeshore Drive)
- Lakeshore Parkway I-65 interchange, access to I-65
- south side: Wildwood Shopping Center
- 209: Sam's Club Gas
- 211: Chick Fil-A
- 213: Taco Bell
- 215: Costa's Famous Bar-B-Que
- 217-265: Wildwood Centre South shopping center
- 279: Starbucks coffee
- 281: Cook Out (November 2019-), former location of Outback Steakhouse (2011)
- 289: Mavis Discount Tire
- north side:
- south side: Wildwood Shopping Center
- West Oxmoor Road intersects
- 601: Whataburger (2021–), former location of Regions Bank Oxmoor Valley branch (closed 2020)
- 750: Parisian Headquarters (built 1988), Parisian (1988-1998), Saks Inc. (1998-2005), SurModics Pharmaceuticals (2008-2011), Evonik Birmingham Laboratories (2011-)
- Industrial Drive/Tom Martin Drive intersect
- 800: Southern Family Markets headquarters, Birmingham Logistics
- London Parkway intersects
- Lakeshore Crossings Business Park
- Lakeshore Ridge apartments
- Lakeshore Village shopping center (built 2005)
- Frankfurt Drive/Frankfurt Circle intersect (access to Red Mountain Park)
- Sydney Drive/Oslo Circle intersect (near termination of Wenonah-Oxmoor Road
- Milan Parkway intersects
- Regions Lakeshore Operations Center (address on Milan Parkway)
- Venice Road (north) / Shannon Wenonah Road (south) intersect
- 2800–2880: Lakeshore Pavilion shopping center
- back side of Oxmoor Valley Golf Course
- Portofino Drive (north only) intersects (access to Lakeshore Quarry)
- Leaf Lake Boulevard intersects (access to Stonegate Apartments)
- Little Shades Drive intersects
- 3701-3851: planned warehouse and distribution center
- Turin Drive intersects
- 4101A: FedEx Ground distribution center (built 2021)
- 4101B: Dollar General distribution center
- Borah Avenue intersects
- 4201–4205: Former site for a proposed 112,000-square-foot distribution center
- Alabama State Highway 150/14th Street South Bessemer intersects near Muscoda
References
- "Second Lakeshore Extension Opens to Traffic Thursday." (April 16, 2001). The Birmingham News.
- Nicholson, Gilbert. (September 5, 2003). "Expanding Lakeshore." Birmingham Business Journal.
- Wilkinson, Kaija. (June 3, 2005.) "Developer filling up $2.5M Lakeshore Village." Birmingham Business Journal.
- Wilkinson, Kaija. (January 13, 2006). "Lakeshore expects residential, commercial boom." Birmingham Business Journal.