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===[[Smithfield]]===
===[[Smithfield]]===
* [[Center Street North]] intersection (continues west as [[Cotton Avenue Southwest]])
* [[Center Street North]] intersects (avenue continues west as [[Cotton Avenue Southwest]])
** 101: [[Thomas Sheet Metal Co.]]
** 101: [[Thomas Sheet Metal Co.]]
** 111 rear: former location of [[Roberta Brinson]] beauty shop (1953)
** 111 rear: former location of [[Roberta Brinson]] beauty shop (1953)
** 213: [[Jesus House Birmingham]]
* [[2nd Street North]] intersects
** 201: former location of [[Joe's Coal Yard]] (1953)
** 213-217: former location of [[E. P. Cuthrell Flooring Co.]] (1953)
*** 213: [[Jesus House Birmingham]]
** 221: former location of [[S. E. Gibson]] grocer (1925)
** 221: former location of [[S. E. Gibson]] grocer (1925)
** 300: former location of [[Rocco & Cheaters Speed Shop]] (1944-2007)
** 225: former location of [[Joseph Danna]] produce (1953)
* [[3rd Street North]] intersects
** 307: former location of [[Unique Furniture Service]] / [[Richard Stanford]] piano tuner (1953)
** 309: former location of [[Laundry-Cleaners Maintenance & Supply Co.]] (1953)
** 316: former location of [[Rocco & Cheaters Speed Shop]] (1944-2007)
** 317: former location of [[Gilbert Muir Grocery]] (1925)
** 317: former location of [[Gilbert Muir Grocery]] (1925)
** 331: [[Diversified Maintenance]]
** 318: former location of [[Sam's Place]] (1953)
** 325: former location of [[Birmingham Gas Heating & Air Conditioning Co.]] / [[Monroe Electric Co.]] (1953)
** 331: [[Diversified Maintenance]], former location of [[R. P. Lusco Dog & Cat Hospital]] (1953)
** 337: former location of [[Streeter-Amet Co.]] scientific instruments (1953)
* [[4th Street North]] begins
** 401: [[Black & White Photography]]
** 401: [[Black & White Photography]]
** 515: [[Schnitzer Steel Industries]]
** 405: former location of [[Western Union]] telegraph office (1953)
** 520: [[H. N. Donahoo Contracting]]
** 414: former location of [[First Avenue Grocery]] (1953)
** 415: former location of [[Dortch Baking Co.]] wholesale bakery (1953)
* [[5th Street North]] intersects
** 501: former location of [[DeMarco Concrete Block Co.]] (1953)
** 515: [[Schnitzer Steel Industries]], former location of [[Jefferson Iron & Metal Co.]] salvage yard (1953)
** 520: [[H. N. Donahoo Contracting]] (1953-)
** 522: former location of [[Parkers Temple Methodist Church]] (1953)
** 630: former location of [[Piper's Inc.]] cream store (1953)
** 639: [[Hinkle Roofing]]
** 639: [[Hinkle Roofing]]
** 640: [[Oldham Chemicals Co.]]
** 640: [[Oldham Chemicals Co.]]
* [[7th Street North]] intersects
** 709: [[Covington Flooring]]
** 709: [[Covington Flooring]]
** 729: [[Lunovus]] (2019-)
** 729: [[Lunovus]] (2019-)
** 730: former location of [[Atlas Contracting Co.]] / [[Vettenberg Supply Co.]] plumbing supplies
** 752: [[Revelator Coffee Company]]
** 752: [[Revelator Coffee Company]]
** 800: [[Downey Automotive]]
* [[8th Street North]] intersects
** 830: [[Rib-It-Up]], former location of [[Old Plantation Barbecue]]
** 800: [[Downey Automotive]], former location of [[Venetian Blind Laundry Service]] (1953)
** 831: [[Perry Supply]]
** 806: former location of [[Allen Yokley Body & Top Co.]] (1953)
** 830: [[Rib-It-Up]], former location of [[Old Plantation Barbecue]] (1953)
** 823-837: [[Perry Supply Co.]] (1953-)
*** 831: former location of [[Art Mosaic & Tile Co.]] (1953)
* [[9th Street North]] intersects
** 900: former location of [[Cain Metal Awning Co.]] (1953)
** 902: former location of [[Harry Randolph]]'s bakery (1914-)
** 902: former location of [[Harry Randolph]]'s bakery (1914-)
** 906: [[The Bumper Company]]
** 904-910: former location of [[Bolton Supply Co.]] agricultural implements (1953)
*** 906: [[The Bumper Company]]
** 912: [[Tynes Signs]]
** 912: [[Tynes Signs]]
** 920: former location of [[American Calendar & Novelty Co.]] (1953)
** 921: [[General Machinery]]
** 921: [[General Machinery]]
* [[Interstate 65]] overpass (between [[10th Street North]] and [[11th Street North]])
** 922: former location of [[A. R. Sams Radiator Service]] (1953)
** former residence of [[Theophilus Jowers]]
* [[10th Street North]] intersects
** 1019: [[Birmingham Skatepark]]
** 1002: former location of [[Hanna Tractor Co.]]
* [[Interstate 65]] overpass
** former residence of [[Theophilus Jowers]] (-1887)
** 1013: former location of [[Magic City Produce]] wholesale produce (1953)
** 1015-1017: former location of [[Hamilton Foods Inc.]] wholesale grocery (1953)
** 1019-1023: [[Birmingham Skatepark]], former location of [[Exchange Distributing Co.]] wholesale produce (1953)
** 1020-1022: interstate right-of-way, former location of [[Lollar's Cameras]] main office
** 1020-1022: interstate right-of-way, former location of [[Lollar's Cameras]] main office
*** 1020: former location of [[Carl L. Moore & Co.]] bananas (1953)
*** 1022: former location of [[Central Bag & Burlap Co.]] (1953)
** 1027-1031: former location of [[Pippen Bros Inc.]] wholesale produce (1953)
** 1030-1032: former location of [[Exchange Restaurant]] (1953)


===Downtown Birmingham===
===Downtown Birmingham===

Revision as of 13:31, 25 May 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.

See also

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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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