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*** 2100: former location of grocery (1891)
*** 2100: former location of grocery (1891)
*** 2102-2114: former location of "negro dwellings" (1891)
*** 2102-2114: former location of "negro dwellings" (1891)
*** 2124-2126: former location of blacksmith shop (1891)
**** 2102: former location of [[L. A. Brake Auto Parts]] (1953)
**** 2106: former location of [[Vulcan Refrigerator Service]] repairs (1953)
**** 2110: former location of [[Auto Paint Supply Co.]] wholesale (1953)
**** 2112: former location of [[General Welding Co.]] (1953)
**** 2114: former location of [[Carburetor & Ignition Co.]] auto repairs (1953)
*** 2116-2118: former location of [[Refrigeratory Supplies Distribution]] wholesale (1953)
*** 2120-2126: former location of [[Edmunds Motor Co.]] body shop (1953)
**** 2124-2126: former location of blacksmith shop (1891)
*** 2128-2130: former location of [[Hollingshead's Body Shop]] auto repairs (1953)
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** south side:
*** 2101: [[Plasma Care Inc.]]
*** 2101-2107: former location of [[Edmunds Motor Co.]] (1953)
**** 2101: [[Plasma Care Inc.]]
*** 2119-2123: former location of [[Elyton Land Co.]] stables (1891)
*** 2119-2123: former location of [[Elyton Land Co.]] stables (1891)
*** former location of [[Hanna Motor Co.]]
*** 2127-2131: [[Southern Armature Works]], former location of [[Bill Bailey Motors]] service entrance (1953), [[Hanna Motor Co.]]
*** [[Southern Armature Works]]


* [[22nd Street South]] intersection
* [[22nd Street South]] intersection
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** north side:
*** 2200: [[J. F. Oates Building]] ([[Birmingham School of Law]]), formerly [[Tom Williams Porsche]]/[[Tom Williams BMW|BMW]]
*** 2200: [[J. F. Oates Building]] ([[Birmingham School of Law]]), former location of [[LaSuer Motors Inc.]] (1953), [[Tom Williams Porsche]]/[[Tom Williams BMW|BMW]]
*** 2222-2226: former location of "ruins of fire" (1891)
*** 2222-2226: former location of "ruins of fire" (1891)
**** 2224: former location of [[LaSuer Motors Inc.]] used cars (1953)
*** 2230: former location of [[McElroy Motors]] used cars (1953)
** south side:
** south side:
*** 2201-2203: former location of [[Birmingham Steam Bottling Works]] (1891)
*** 2201-2203: former location of [[Birmingham Steam Bottling Works]] (1891)
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*** 2219: former location of grocery (1891)
*** 2219: former location of grocery (1891)
*** 2223: former location of "negro dwellings" (1891)
*** 2223: former location of "negro dwellings" (1891)
*** 2225: former location of [[Samuel Watley]] shoe repair (1953)


=== [[Southside neighborhood]] ===
=== [[Southside neighborhood]] ===

Revision as of 13:48, 19 January 2020

3rd Avenue South (originally Avenue C) is an east-west avenue in Birmingham. It continues U. S. Highway 78 westbound from Crestwood Boulevard (via an angled section of 5th Avenue South) through Avondale and into the City Center. Beginning at 36th Street the avenue is one-way westbound with three lanes of traffic.

US 78 turns north off of 3rd Avenue at 24th Street, continuing west along 8th Avenue North toward Arkadelphia Road. 3rd Avenue South proceeds through Midtown Birmingham, becoming an onramp to I-65 North after it crosses 12th Street South.

The avenue picks up again in Titusville as 3rd Avenue Southwest, a two-lane residential street running between Omega Street and Martin Luther King, Jr Drive at Elmwood Cemetery.

In Woodlawn and East Lake additional sections of 3rd Avenue South can be found. One runs for less than a block off of 59th Street South south of Georgia Road. Another picks up at 61st Street South and runs into the I-20 right of way just past 64th Street South. It picks up at 64th Place South on the other side of the interstate and continues to 67th Street South, where it ends in the turn a block shy of the Cascade Plunge. On the other side of the proposed Druid Hollow Park 3rd Avenue continues as a residential street between 70th Street South and 86th Street South. The alley between 2nd and 3rd Avenue in this area is promoted as a Musician's Hollow by the East Lake Arts District.

MAX Transit Route 17 runs along parts of 3rd Avenue South in Avondale.

History

3rd Avenue South was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic from 32nd Street to 14th Street in August 1955. The west-only traffic pattern was extended to I-65 in 1973 by the Alabama Department of Transportation's TOPICS (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 3rd Avenue South category.

South Titusville

Five Points South neighborhood

Southside neighborhood

Forest Park-South Avondale

Forest Park/East Avondale

East Avondale

South Woodlawn

South East Lake

Locations on 3rd Avenue Southwest

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