Lorna Road
Lorna Road is a predominantly north-south road in Hoover that was originally part of Montgomery Highway. Montgomery Highway has since been rerouted through Hoover and is now part of U.S. Highway 31.
Lorna Road forks off of Montgomery Highway (Hoover) as a three-lane road, just south of the Interstate 65 interchange, lining up with one pair of on/off ramps. It then continues south-southeast to the east of Montgomery Highway to an intersection with Patton Chapel Road/Rocky Ridge Road. At this point the road expands to five lanes, crossing over Interstate 459 and then curving southwest. In the curve, the road narrows to four lanes, but expands to five lanes again afterward.
The road then continues to an intersection with Montgomery Highway at the Riverchase Galleria, expanding to seven lanes immediately around the intersection. At this point, the road west of the intersection is actually John Hawkins Parkway (Alabama State Highway 150), but approximately one-tenth of a mile west of the intersection, Lorna Road branches off again as a two-lane road heading southwest. It then turns southeast just before coming to Bains Bridge at the Shelby County line. At this point, the road becomes Old Montgomery Highway, crossing Helena Road just before rejoining Highway 31 at a segment named Pelham Parkway.
History
Some portions of what is now Lorna Road were originally part of Columbiana Road, although in the early 1900s Columbiana Road followed a path closer to the current Montgomery Highway in that region. Bains Bridge, however, has been a part of the route since at least that time.
Notable locations
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Lorna Road category.
- road begins at Montgomery Highway (Hoover)
- Wisteria Drive intersects (east only)
- Braddock Drive intersects (west only)
- Hoover Lane/Carousel Court intersect
- Hoover Commons, formerly Hoover Mall
- 3128: former location of Wyatt Construction Co. (1970)
- 3133-3141: Lorna Town Square shopping center
- 3142: Hoover Police Operations Offices (formerly Hoover Twin Cinema)
- 3150: commercial building, former location of La Consentida tienda, Viejo Oeste men's clothing
- 3150-A: Tower Loan, former location of Legion Printing & Publishing
- 3150-B: Draped Hair Studio, former location of Excelsior comics and games (2011-2018)
- Suite 108: Alabama Halal Foods (Hadi Sultan 2020–)
- 3199: Natural Hair Design
- Whiting Road intersects
- 3201: Village Violins / Suzuki Talent Education Program (2019-), former location of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (2013-2017)
- 3202: Family Dollar
- 3217: Grace Academy Child Development Center
- 3219: Hoover Food Mart / Blue Pacific Thai restaurant (Somchai "Sam" Aroonsakulwongse May 2015–)
- 3226: Full Moon Bar-B-Que offices, Calvin Reid Construction Company
- 3227: Christopher's Salon
- Patton Chapel Road/Rocky Ridge Road intersect
- 3300: Lorna Road Chevron, formerly Lorna Road Union 76
The Village on Lorna shopping center, former location of Alabama Computer Associates (1990)
- 3301:
- Suite 1: Shay's Jewelry, former location of Moore Frames & Art
- Suite 2: GEICO
- Suite 4: Royal Tobacco & Vape Outlet, former location of Ensley Fairfield Mattress Co.
- 3305:
- Suite 1: Little Ceasar's, former location of Wall Street Deli
- Suite 3: Wing It
- former location of Original Pancake House (Bob & Doris Goetz 1993–)
- Suite 11: Pollo Lucas, former location of Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Eye See
- Suite 13: former location of Subway
- 3309:
- Suite 2: Louise's Cakes-N-Things
- Suite 3: H&R Block
- Suite 6: Laundry Room
- Suite 7: Golden Temple Natural Grocery
- Suite 8: Crowning Touch beauty salon
- Suite 10: Aaron's
- Suite 13: former location of Banco Hispano
- 3313: [Bargain Hunt]], former location of Food World, Delchamp's Supermarket, Western Supermarket
- 3317: former location of Fred's (-2019), Drugs For Less
- 3320: Walmart Neighborhood Market (former site of La Chateau Apartments)
- 3321:
- Suite 3: Taste of Thailand
- Suite 10: Jubliee Groceries. former location of The Baseball Card Shop, Lion & Unicorn
- Suite 11: Silver Coin Indian Grill, former location of Captain Hook's (Mrs George Salem)
- 3429: Jack's #166
- 3437: Union State Bank
- 3443: Carmike 10
- 3443: Costa's Mediterranean Cafe (formerly Costa's New South Cafe and Costa's Famous Bar-B-Que)
- 3447: Premiere Gymnastics (2013–), former location of SportsPlex
- 3454: Hoover Self-Storage, former location of Antique Super Mall, Skate World
- 3301:
- Municipal Drive/Lorna Ridge Drive intersect
- road passes over Interstate 459 (no access)
- Woodmeadow Drive/Old Rocky Ridge Road intersect
- 3501: Abogados Centro Legal
- 3505: Alabama Republican Party headquarters
- 3509: Contemporary Smiles dentists
- 3517: Rocky Ridge Retirement Community
- 3520: Birmingham First Seventh-day Adventist Church
- 3530: Aldridge Gardens
- 3565: The Willows apartments
- Rocky Ridge Ranch Road intersects
- Plaza Fiesta shopping center
- Centennial Drive intersects
- 3633: Sabzi Mandi Market (2021-), former location of Deluxe Cleaners
- 3635: Tire Engineers #30
- 3650 Haverty's Furniture
- 3659: Lorna Brook Village shopping center
- Data Drive intersects
- 3700–4744: River Oaks Village shopping center
- 3746: eCo Credit Union, former location of Guaranty Federal Savings & Loan
- 3748: JPMorgan Chase (2023–)
- 3770: Pizza Hut
- 3775: Arby's, former location of Region's Bank, First Alabama Bank
- Riverchase Village Shopping Center (formerly Loehmann's Village)
- 3670 Moe's Southwest Grill, former location of Burger King
- Riverchase Crossings shopping center
- Montgomery Highway (Hoover) intersects (continues west as John Hawkins Parkway, but just past the intersection, Lorna Road branches off again to the south)
- Merchant Drive intersects
- Summer Place Parkway intersection (Barrington on the Green apartments)
- Riverchase Drive intersects
- Chace Lake Parkway intersects (Chace Lake Villas)
- Lorna Crest Road intersects
- 3950: formerly Ismaili Center
- Bains Bridge over the Cahaba River (road continues south as Old Montgomery Highway)