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*** 2208: [[Retina Specialists of Alabama]] (2019-), former location of [[Kassouf & Company]] (-2016) | *** 2208: [[Retina Specialists of Alabama]] (2019-), former location of [[Kassouf & Company]] (-2016) | ||
*** 2230: [[Easy Money]] | |||
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*** 2201-2231: parking lot, owned by [[UAB Health System]] (2020), formerly owned by [[Southern Research]] (-2020) | |||
* [[23rd Street South]] intersection | * [[23rd Street South]] intersection | ||
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*** 2300: [[Express Oil Change]] | *** 2300: [[Express Oil Change]] | ||
*** 2320: [[Houser Oil|University BP]] | *** 2320: [[Houser Oil|University BP]] | ||
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*** [[Southtown Court]] | *** [[Southtown Court]] | ||
* [[24th Street South]] intersection | * [[24th Street South]] intersection | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 7 February 2020
- This article is about Southside avenue. For other uses, see University Boulevard (disambiguation).
- Not to be confused with University Avenue or Avenue H Ensley.
University Boulevard (originally Avenue H, then 8th Avenue South) is an east-west corridor in Birmingham's Southside community connecting Green Springs Highway to Clairmont Avenue. It stretches from 16th Avenue South through the Five Points South neighborhood and UAB campus, for which it is named, to 29th Street South. From Green Springs Highway to the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, University Boulevard also makes up part of Alabama State Highway 149.
The majority of University Boulevard is five-lanes wide, including the center turn lane. Portions through the UAB campus feature a landscaped median.
University Boulevard acts as the border between the Glen Iris and Five Points South neighborhoods from 500 to 700 University Boulevard and again from the bottom of the Interstate 65 north exit ramp to 11th Street South. From the Elton B. Stephens Expressway to 29th Street, University acts as the border between the Southside and Highland Park neighborhoods.
It has the highest traffic count of any downtown street with an average daily count of 25,000 vehicles (between I-65 and the Elton B. Stephens Expressway).
Notable locations
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the University Boulevard category.
Glen Iris
- 16th Avenue South intersection (continues south as Green Springs Highway)
- 417: Vulcan Beverage
- 515: Grace & Truth Church, former location of Ollie's Barbecue (1968–1999), Kairos Kafe
- Interstate 65
- Former site of Medical Center Inn and Waffle House
Five Points South neighborhood
- 6th Street South intersection (north only)
- 631: former location of Tennessee Packing Co. (1899)
- 8th Street South intersection
- Interstate 65 passes over (with access)
- 11th Street South intersection
- North side
- South side
- 12th Street South intersection
- North side
- UAB Collat School of Business building (built 2018), former site of UAB Parking Lot 15A
- Blazer Pride Plaza (2018-)
- UAB 13th Street pedestrian bridge (built 1975)
- South side
- 1212: 12th Street Deck
- North side
- 13th Street South intersection
- North side
- 1300: Campbell Hall
- South side
- former location of Cameron School (1892-1940s)
- North side
- 14th Street South intersection
- North side
- South side
- 15th Street South intersection (north only)
- North side
- Parking lot
- North side
- South side
- UAB Campus Recreation Center
- 1595: Former site of University Hall (1969–2002)
- South side
- 16th Street South intersection
- North side
- 1670: Volker Hall
- 1700: Lister Hill Library
- 1716: Henry Peters Building
- 1720: Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital (Complex Vision art installation)
- South side
- North side
- 18th Street South intersection
- North side
- South side
- 1801: Rust Computer Center
- 1825: Shelby Biomedical Research Building (built 2006), former site of Mortimer Jordan Armory/Mortimer Jordan Hall (1960–2002)
- 19th Street South intersection
- North side
- 1900: Tinsley Harrison Tower
- 1912: former location of Jefferson County Public Health Building (built 1948, demolished 1980)
- 1918: McCallum Basic Health Sciences Building, former location of St John's Methodist Church (1899-1941)
- South side
- University Boulevard Parking Deck
- Doubletree Hotel Birmingham
- 1913: former location of Wiseola Company (1905)
- 1919: Cudworth Building (1964-present)
- North side
- 20th Street South intersection
- North side
- 2010: UAB Town House (built 1953)
- 2010: former location of Mrs Todd's restaurant (1953-), former location of Tracy's_Cafeteria (1983-2008)
- 2010: UAB Town House (built 1953)
- South side
- 2005: former location of University Tanning Salon (1980s)
- 2007: Lucy's Coffee and Tea (mid-1990s-), former location of Joe Overton commercial photographer (1948), Technical Space Agency (1969), Nickelodeon boutique (1970), Dr Pizza (1987)
- 2009: University Tacos & Burritos, former location of Pangea (1997), Becky's South, University Grill
- North side
- 21st Street South (Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South) intersection
- North side
- South side
- 2101: former location of Martin Flowers (-2018)
- 2111: former location of Dravo Basic Materials Co. (1986)
- 2117: Baptist Church of the Covenant
- 2131: former location of Highland Ice Cream Co. (1926)
- 22nd Street South intersection
Southside neighborhood
- 22nd Street South intersection
- north side:
- 2208: Retina Specialists of Alabama (2019-), former location of Kassouf & Company (-2016)
- 2230: Easy Money
- south side:
- 2201-2231: parking lot, owned by UAB Health System (2020), formerly owned by Southern Research (-2020)
- north side:
- 23rd Street South intersection
- north side:
- 2300: Express Oil Change
- 2320: University BP
- south side:
- north side:
- 24th Street South intersection
- North side
- South side
- Southtown Court
- 2403: former location of Brown Bros grocery (1899)
- 25th Street South intersection (north only)
- North side
- Expressway exit/entrance ramps
- South side
- 2501: Southtown Court
- North side
- Elton B. Stephens Expressway passes over
- North side
- Expressway exit/entrance ramps
- South side
- North side
- 27th Street South intersection (north only)
- North side
- 2700: Burger King (former site of Glenn Houser Texaco, –2009)
- South side
- St Vincent's Birmingham
- North side
- St Vincents Drive intersection (south only)
- North side
- St Vincent's Corporation Marketing Department
- South side
- North side
- 28th Street South intersection (south only)
- North side
- South side
- 29th Street South intersection (continues east as Clairmont Avenue)