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* [[Key Circle]] intersection (road continues north as [[Arlington Avenue]])
* [[Key Circle]] intersection (road continues north as [[Arlington Avenue]])
* [[Carlisle Road]] intersection
* [[Carlisle Road]] intersection
** 1900: [[Henhouse Antiques]]
** West side:
** 1903: [[Park Lane Flowers]]
*** 1900: [[Henhouse Antiques]]
** 1905: [[Brogue & Cuff Clothiers]]
*** 1906: [[Dungan Nequette Architects]] & [[Action Sports Art]], former location of [[National Bank of Commerce]] branch (2008–)
** 1906: [[Dungan Nequette Architects]] & [[Action Sports Art]], former location of [[National Bank of Commerce]] branch (2008–)
*** 1930: [[Vino]]/[[Gallery 1930]] (2011–), former location of a gas station, [[Gallery Terrence Denley]], [[White Gallery]]
** 1909: [[Continental Bakery]] (1984–)
** East side:
** 1911: [[Chez Lulu]] (1995–)
*** 1903: [[Park Lane Flowers]]
** 1919: [[National Bank of Commerce]]
*** 1905: [[Brogue & Cuff Clothiers]]
** 1929: former location of [[Arthur Murray Dance Studios]]
*** 1909: [[Continental Bakery]] (1984–)
** 1930: [[Vino]]/[[Gallery 1930]] (2011–), former location of a gas station, [[Gallery Terrence Denley]], [[White Gallery]]
*** 1911: [[Chez Lulu]] (1995–)
** 2001: formerly [[Hitching Post Barbecue]] (c. 1959)
*** 1919: [[National Bank of Commerce]]
** 2003: [[Kahn Properties]] building (built [[2013]]), [[Jordan Alexander]] jewelry, [[Sherwin-Williams Paint Store]], former location of [[Briarcliff Shop]]
*** 1929: former location of [[Arthur Murray Dance Studios]]
** 2004: [[Trouve']] (2012-)
* [[20th Avenue South]] intersection
** 2006: [[Monkee's]], former location of [[Belleweather]]
** West side:
** 2008: [[Grand Jete]]
*** 2004: [[Trouve']] (2012-)
** 2012: [[Billy's Bar & Grill]] (1979–), former location of [[Waite's|Waite's Fine Foods]]
*** 2006: [[Monkee's]], former location of [[Belleweather]]
** 2020: [[Chester's International]] headquarters, former location of [[Eckerd Drugs]], [[Village Wine Market]]
*** 2008: [[Grand Jete]]
** 2031: [[La Catrina]] restaurant, formerly [[Café Ciao]] (–2008), [[Bambinelli's]] (2008–2011), [[Salvatore's]]
*** 2012: [[Billy's Bar & Grill]] (1979–), former location of [[Waite's|Waite's Fine Foods]]
** 2037: [[Iz Cafe]], formerly [[Books-A-Million|Joe Muggs]]/[[Yogurt Mountain]]
*** 2020: [[Chester's International]] headquarters, former location of [[Eckerd Drugs]], [[Village Wine Market]]
** East side:
*** 2001: formerly [[Hitching Post Barbecue]] (c. 1959)
*** 2003: [[Kahn Properties]] building (built [[2013]]), [[Jordan Alexander]] jewelry, [[Sherwin-Williams Paint Store]], former location of [[Briarcliff Shop]]
*** 2031: [[La Catrina]] restaurant, formerly [[Café Ciao]] (–2008), [[Bambinelli's]] (2008–2011), [[Salvatore's]]
*** 2037: [[Iz Cafe]], formerly [[Books-A-Million|Joe Muggs]]/[[Yogurt Mountain]]
* [[Fairway Drive]] intersection (east only)
* [[Fairway Drive]] intersection (east only)
* 21st Avenue South intersection (west only)
* 21st Avenue South intersection (west only)
** 2117: [[Little Hardware]] (formerly [[Park Lane Super Market]], [[Arman's]], and [[Park Lane by Kathy G.]] (2000s–2014))
** 2117: [[Little Hardware]] (formerly [[Park Lane Super Market]], [[Arman's]], and [[Park Lane by Kathy G.]] (2000s–2014))
* [[Lane Circle]] intersection
** 2400-2424: [[The Manning]] condominiums (built [[2015]])
** 2400-2424: [[The Manning]] condominiums (built [[2015]])
** 2420: former location of the [[John Gleissner residence]] (1940s-2015)
** 2420: former location of the [[John Gleissner residence]] (1940s-2015)

Revision as of 11:38, 29 April 2015

Cahaba Road (formerly Cahaba River Road) is an approximately two-mile long, predominantly north-south road connecting Key Circle on the crest of Red Mountain in Birmingham to Shades Creek Parkway/Mountain Brook Parkway in Mountain Brook. It passes through both English Village and Mountain Brook Village and is the location of the main entrance to the Birmingham Zoo.

Cahaba Road was created before 1900. In 1927, the Jemison Companies paved the road, providing smoother and faster access to their Mountain Brook Estates subdivision from Birmingham. For a long time, the part of the road going through English Village was known as 24th Street or 24th Street Road. In the mid-20th Century, prior to the construction of the current U.S. Highway 280, the road was part of the Florida Short Route.

In Mountain Brook Village, Cahaba Road converges with Montevallo and Canterbury Roads as a five-way intersection. However, an access road rings this intersection, setting the Mountain Brook Estates building, which is between Montevallo and Canterbury, back far enough to have some storefronts facing Cahaba.

South of Shades Creek Parkway/Mountain Brook Parkway, south bound traffic can only access the Shades Brook Building. However, there is an exit from U.S. Highway 280 that leads north bound traffic past the Shades Brook Building and on to Cahaba Road.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Cahaba Road category.

References

  • "Shades Valley Six Minutes Nearer City". (November 1927). Jemison Magazine, page 6.
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