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* 6437: former location of [[Burger Chef]]
* 6437: former location of [[Burger Chef]]
* 6449: [[Birmingham Fire Station #12]]
* 6449: [[Birmingham Fire Station #12]]
* 6500: former location of [[Millers]] discount department store (1965-)
* [[65th Street North]] intersects
* 6512-6518: former location of [[Bob's Trading Post]] / [[Bob's Trading Post|Bob's Trading Post Beauty Shop]] (1941)
** 6500: former location of [[Millers]] discount department store (1965-)
** 6518: former location of [[Barnett Furniture Co.]] (1971)
** 6512-6518: former location of [[Bob's Trading Post]] / [[Bob's Trading Post|Bob's Trading Post Beauty Shop]] (1941)
* 6531: former location of [[McNeal Service Station]] (1923-1925)
*** 6518: former location of [[Barnett Furniture Co.]] (1971)
* 6629: [[Family Dollar]]
** 6531: former location of [[McNeal Service Station]] (1923-1925)
* 6630: former location of [[66th Street Cleaners]]
* [[66th Street North]] intersects
* 6712: [[Bama Motel]]
** 6629: [[Family Dollar]]
* 6725: former location of [[1st Ave. Ice & Package Store]] (1973)
** 6630: former location of [[66th Street Cleaners]]
* 6727: former location of [[Bethell's Flower Shop]] (1973)
* [[67th Street North]] intersects
* 6733: former location of [[Don Fadely Drugs]] (1971)
** 6712: [[Bama Motel]]
* 6805: [[Ensley's Seafood]], former location of [[Kelly's Hamburger Drive-In]]
** 6725: former location of [[1st Ave. Ice & Package Store]] (1973)
* 6901: former location of [[Grayson's Spinning Wheel]], [[Pasquale's Pizza & Pasta]]
** 6727: former location of [[Bethell's Flower Shop]] (1973)
* 6909-6913: [[Contri Brothers]], former location of [[Contri Brothers Food Basket]] (1956-1973)
** 6733: former location of [[Don Fadely Drugs]] (1971)
* 7101: former location of [[Brooker's Creamery]] (1949)
* [[68th Street North]] intersects
* 7201: former location of [[Seafood & Chicken Box]] (1973)
** 6805: [[Ensley's Seafood]], former location of [[Kelly's Hamburger Drive-In]]
* 7205: former location of [[Charlie Thetford Furniture & Appliances]] (1960)
* [[69th Street North]] intersects (south only)
* 7216: former location of [[Self's Upholstering & Furniture Repair]] (1973)
** 6901: former location of [[Grayson's Spinning Wheel]], [[Pasquale's Pizza & Pasta]]
* 7301: former location of [[Wood's Drugs|Wood's Drug No. 4]] (1949)
** 6909-6913: [[Contri Brothers]], former location of [[Contri Brothers Food Basket]] (1956-1973)
* 7303: [[Roadside Bar BQ]], former location of [[Tricia's Treasures]] antiques (1983)
* [[70th Street North]] intersects
* 7330: [[Family Dollar]]
* [[71st Street North]] intersects
* 7400: former location of [[74th Street Service Station]] (1949)
** 7101: former location of [[Brooker's Creamery]] (1949)
* 7405: [[George Bender residence]]
* [[72nd Street North]] intersects
* 7428: former location of [[Kawasaki-Suzuki of Birmingham]]
** 7201: former location of [[Seafood & Chicken Box]] (1973)
* 7500: former location of [[Phillips Service Station]]
** 7205: former location of [[Charlie Thetford Furniture & Appliances]] (1960)
* 7501: former [[Big B Drugs]]
** 7216: former location of [[Self's Upholstering & Furniture Repair]] (1973)
* 7509: former location of [[East Lake Rain Tunnel Car Wash]] (1983)
* [[73rd Street North]] intersects
* 7532-7534: former location of [[Andrew's Bar-B-Q]] (1949-1960)
** 7301: former location of [[Wood's Drugs|Wood's Drug No. 4]] (1949)
** 7303: [[Roadside Bar BQ]], former location of [[Tricia's Treasures]] antiques (1983)
** 7330: [[Family Dollar]]
* [[74th Street North]] intersects
** 7400: former location of [[74th Street Service Station]] (1949)
** 7405: [[George Bender residence]]
** 7428: former location of [[Kawasaki-Suzuki of Birmingham]]
* [[75th Street North]] intersects
** 7500: former location of [[Phillips Service Station]]
** 7501: former [[Big B Drugs]]
** 7509: former location of [[East Lake Rain Tunnel Car Wash]] (1983)
** 7532-7534: former location of [[Andrew's Bar-B-Q]] (1949-1960)
* [[76th Street North]] intersects
* [[76th Street North]] intersects
** north side
** north side

Revision as of 10:02, 30 April 2019

The "Heaviest Corner on Earth" at 1st Avenue North and 20th Street

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.

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Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 1st Avenue North category.

Smithfield

Downtown Birmingham

Main article: 1st Avenue North (Downtown)

North Avondale

Woodlawn

Woodlawn City Hall at 5523 1st Ave. N.

Wahouma/East Lake

North East Lake/South East Lake

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