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* [[Fountain Heights]], [[13th Street North|13th Street]] intersection to [[19th Street North|19th Street]] | |||
* [[Central City neighborhood]], [[19th Street North|19th Street]] to the [[1st Avenue North viaduct]] | |||
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===[[North Avondale]]=== | ===[[North Avondale]]=== | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 18 April 2015
First Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The westernmost section by that name ends at Center Street, although the road continues further west as Cotton Avenue Southwest. The easternmost section ends at West Boulevard along Roebuck Municipal Golf Course. First Avenue North is the only east-west Birmingham street to run continuously from Center Street to Roebuck. It is also a two-way street for its entire length, the majority of which is four to five lanes wide.
Between Carraway Boulevard (formerly 26th Street) and 34th Street, 1st Avenue is on a viaduct which runs beside Sloss Furnaces. Between 42nd Street and 44th Street, 1st Avenue is separated from Messer Airport Highway by only a narrow, landscaped median. Messer Airport Highway is not accessible from 1st at this point, the closest links being 41st Street and 45th Place North. Two gas stations at either end of the narrow median use concrete barriers to prevent motorists from cutting through. First Avenue is also a primary street through the Woodlawn neighborhood.
U.S. Highway 11 runs along 1st Avenue from 9th Street in the east to between 86th and 87th Streets in the west. At this point in the west, the road forks, with Highway 11 continuing along Parkway East while 1st Avenue, the lesser route, continues for a block and a half to West Boulevard. U.S. Highway 78 also runs along 1st Avenue between 9th Street and 24th Street.
In addition, 1st Avenue is fully accessible from and to Interstate 59. It is directly accessible from Interstate 20 eastbound and provides direct access to I-20 westbound. It is accessible from the northbound side of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (Highways 31 and 280). It passes under Interstate 65 without providing any access.
The curbstones installed in the early 20th century on 1st Avenue North between 18th and 21st Streets were quarried in Lane Park. The first electric "thoroughfare lighting" was installed on 1st Avenue North on poles spaced 200 feet apart. The lighting was upgraded with new, taller poles on 100-foot spacings between 32nd and 85th Streets under the city's 1945 contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.
See also
Notable locations
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 1st Avenue North category.
Smithfield
- Center Street North intersection (continues west as Cotton Avenue Southwest)
- 830: Rib-It-Up, former location of Old Plantation Barbecue
- Interstate 65 overpass (between 10th Street North and 11th Street North)
- former residence of Theophilus Jowers
Downtown Birmingham
- Fountain Heights, 13th Street intersection to 19th Street
- Central City neighborhood, 19th Street to the 1st Avenue North viaduct
North Avondale
- 2600-3400: 1st Avenue North Viaduct
- 2800-3100 blocks: Sloss Furnaces
- 3274: Classic Iron Works
- 3300: U.S. Pipe headquarters
- 3400: Concordia Club
- 3401: Sloss Docks
- 3600: Birmingham Water Works
- 3700: City Paper (City Ad Specialties, PaperWorks Outlet)
- 3921: M & M Barbecue
- 4013: Tom's Sound
- 4265: Kingdom Kare
- 4400: former location pf Coggin-Ville used car lot
- 4418: former location of Mingotile
Woodlawn
- 4811: Bachus Engineering
- 4924: One Stop Environmental
- 5230: Woco-Pep gas station (1930s-40s), Ray Harris Service Station (1964), D. J. Williams Motors
- 5310: Woodlawn Post Office
- 5349: former location of The Red Nek/Wheeler Dealer
- 5401: Family Dollar
- 5416: Langner Building
- 5422: Dino's Hot Dogs
- 5428: Regions Bank
- 5434: Woodlawn United Methodist Church
- 5500: Woodlawn Masonic Temple/Woodrow Hall
- 5505: Boehm Buildings
- 5522: former location of Woodlawn Hardware Store
- 5523-25: Eastside Funeral Home, former Woodlawn City Hall (former location of C. L. Bromberg's, Morgan Bros., Ben Franklin Store, Woodlawn Library, Fabric Jungle)
- 5528: former location of Smiles for Keeps
- 5529: Sound & Page music hall
- 5530: Vincent Oliver's Hippodrome Barber Shop
- 5531: Former location of Alma White Cafeteria
- 5535: City Meats, formerly Mill's Restaurant
- 5601: Ken Del Building, former location of King's Catfish, Nick's Grill, Nick's Sundries
- 5620: Woodlawn High School
- 5701: Birmingham Fire Station No. 12
- 5704: St Benedict's Veterans Center, former location of Interfaith Hospitality House
- 5709: Woodlawn Library
- 5712: Grace Episcopal Church
- 5801: former location of A & P supermarket
- 5810: Bullet Iron Works
- 6000: Sky Inn
- 6013: Carver Apartments (vacant)
- 6021: Pacific Seafood
Wahouma/East Lake
- 6100-6300 blocks: Interstate 20 interchange
- 6200: former location of Fadely's Drug Store
- 6230: former location of Rufus Cobb residence, Burk's Antique Shop
- 6434: former location of Miller's department store
- 6437: former location of Burger Chef
- 6449: Birmingham Fire Station #12
- 6500: former location of Millers discount department store (1965-)
- 6514: former location of Bob's Trading Post
- 6629: Family Dollar
- 6712: Bama Motel
- 6800: former location of Fadely's Drug Store
- 6805: Ensley's Seafood
- 6901: former location of Grayson's Spinning Wheel
- 6909: Contri Brothers
- 7303: Roadside Bar BQ
- 7330: Family Dollar
- 7405: George Bender residence
- 7501: former Big B Drugs
- 7532-7534: former location of Andrew's Bar-B-Q
- 7600: former location of Rose's Bootery
- 7604: former location of the College Theatre and Cinema Blue
- 7606: former location of Pleasure Books East
- 7608: former location of E. & J. Lounge
- 7610: former location of Birmingham Books
- 7612: former location of a vacant house, considered the "last slum house in the business district" when it was demolished in 1958 by Sam Rose
- 7623: Estate Liquidators, former location of the East Lake Theater
- 7635: former location of Tucker's Barber Shop
- Oporto-Madrid Boulevard intersection
- 7700: former location of Bledsoe's Modern Cleaners, McCain Manufacturing
- 7709: former location of Wood Bros. Feed Store
- 7713: former location of C. E. Franklin Coal Yard
- 7718: former location of Sligh Coal & Transfer Company
- 7732: former location of Sears department store
- 7810: former location of Banks Lounge
- 7833: former location of House of Honda
North East Lake/South East Lake
- 7901: St Barnabas School
- 8000-8200 blocks: Interstate 59 interchange
- 8000-8300 blocks: East Lake Park
- 8301: former location of Gibbs Drug Company
- 8302: former location of Ma Camp's Cafe
- 8325: American Legion Post 171
- 8400: Express Oil Change store #27 (East Lake),
- 8401: Bob's Discount Meats (former location of Southeastern Meats and Frostop drive-in)
- 8420: Anchor Motel
- 8429: Double Dog Dare
- 8443: former location of Little Orphan Annie restaurant
- 8500: Green Acres Cafe, East Lake location
- 8501: former location of Porter Landrum's Service Station
- 8506: El Girasol Mexican Tienda, former location of Lou-Jac Drive-In and El Palacio
- 8518: Electronic Repair Company
- 8629: SOS Lounge
- West Boulevard intersection (continues east as Parkway East)