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===[[Railroad Reservation]]/[[20th Street underpass]]===
===[[Railroad Reservation]]/[[20th Street underpass]]===
:''road continues north as [[20th Street North]]''
:''road continues north as [[20th Street North]]''
* 1: former location of [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]] freight agency and [[Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad]] freight office (1964)
* West side
* 4: former location of [[T. N. Ballabanos]] restaurant (1897)
* 4: former location of [[T. N. Ballabanos]] restaurant (1897)
* 5: former location of [[Supreme Beverage Co.]], [[Jefferson Distributing Co.]], and [[Olin-Mathieson Chemical Co.]] (1964)
* 2-8: former location of [[Crane Co.]] plumbing supply (1941)
* 9: former location of [[Southern Railway]] freight office and [[Alabama Great Southern Railroad]] freight office (1964)
* 12-14: vacant, owned by [[Alabama Power Company]], former location of [[Associates Sales Agency]] wholesale toys  (1964) and [[Alabama Business Furnishings]]  
* 12-14: vacant, owned by [[Alabama Power Company]], former location of [[Associates Sales Agency]] wholesale toys  (1964) and [[Alabama Business Furnishings]]  
** 12: former location of [[Wittichen Coal & Transfer Co.]] (1920)
** 12: former location of [[Wittichen Coal & Transfer Co.]] (1920), [[The Starr Co.]] pianos & refrigerators (1941)
** East side
* 1: former location of [[Royal Tire Co.]] filling station (1941), [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]] freight agency and [[Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad]] freight office (1964)
* 5: former location of [[Mathieson Alkali Works]]/[[Wood Distributing Co.]]/[[Jefferson Distributing Co.]]/[[McCall Brokerage Co.]] (1941), [[Supreme Beverage Co.]]/[[Jefferson Distributing Co.]]/[[Olin-Mathieson Chemical Co.]] (1964)
* 9: former location of [[Southern Railway]] freight office and [[Alabama Great Southern Railroad]] freight office (1941-1964)
 
===[[Powell Avenue]]===
===[[Powell Avenue]]===
[[File:Alagasco Building (20th Street South).jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Alagasco Building in 2010]]
[[File:Alagasco Building (20th Street South).jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Alagasco Building in 2010]]

Revision as of 11:25, 8 December 2017

20th Street South is a north-south street in midtown and southside Birmingham. 20th Street begins at the southern end of 20th Street North at the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Powell Avenue, and then continues through Southside for sixteen blocks to where it intersects with Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South.

The street runs through the UAB Medical Center, and from 10th Avenue South to Highland Avenue, it is the main road through Five Points South, a major restaurant and entertainment hub of the city.

Notable Locations (north to south)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 20th Street South category.

Railroad Reservation/20th Street underpass

road continues north as 20th Street North

Powell Avenue

The Alagasco Building in 2010

1st Avenue South

2nd Avenue South

][File:Liberty banner.jpg|center|thumb|800px|c. 1963 view looking north up 20th Street toward downtown]]

3rd Avenue South

4th Avenue South

start of UAB campus
1977 advertisement for "The Strip"

5th Avenue South

6th Avenue South

Hillman Hospital, c. 1929

7th Avenue South

University Boulevard (formerly 8th Avenue South)

8th Court South

9th Avenue South

10th Avenue South intersection

Five Points South begins'

Magnolia Avenue

11th Avenue South

12th Avenue South/Highland Avenue

13th Avenue South

14th Avenue South

15th Avenue South

16th Avenue South

U. S. Highway 31 in Birmingham
North side South side
Current route Carraway Blvd · Elton B. Stephens Expressway Elton B. Stephens Expressway
Previous routes 8th Avenue N · 24th Street N 24th Street S · 7th Avenue S · 20th Street S · 21st Street S

External links

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