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''For an alphabetical list of locations, see the [[:Category:1st Avenue North|1st Avenue North category]].
''For an alphabetical list of locations, see the [[:Category:1st Avenue North|1st Avenue North category]].


===[[Smithfield neighborhood]]===
===[[Smithfield]]===
* [[Center Street North]]
* [[Center Street North]]
:* 830: [[Rib-It-Up]]
:* 830: [[Rib-It-Up]]
* [[I-65]] (between [[10th Street North]] and [[11th Street North]]
* [[I-65]] (between [[10th Street North]] and [[11th Street North]]
===[[Fountain Heights neighborhood]]===
===[[Fountain Heights]]===
* [[14th Street North|14th Street]] intersection ([[Catch-out Corner]])
* [[14th Street North|14th Street]] intersection ([[Catch-out Corner]])
* [[17th Street North|17th Street]] intersection
* [[17th Street North|17th Street]] intersection
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* [[19th Street North|19th Street]] intersection
* [[19th Street North|19th Street]] intersection
:* 1900: former location of [[Morris Hotel]] and [[Morris Jewelers]]
:* 1900: former location of [[Morris Hotel]] and [[Morris Jewelers]]
:* 1902: former location of [[Marvin Hawkins Pen Store]]
:* 1904: [[Corporate Realty Development]]
:* 1904: [[Corporate Realty Development]]
:* 1909: Allright parking garage (former site of [[Allen Building]] and [[Lighthouse]] nightclub)
:* 1909: Allright parking garage (former site of [[Allen Building]] and [[Lighthouse]] nightclub)
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:* 2013: [[McAdory Building]]
:* 2013: [[McAdory Building]]
:* 2015: [[Caldwell-Milner Building]]
:* 2015: [[Caldwell-Milner Building]]
:* 2017: former offices of [[Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett Architects]]
:* 2017: former offices of [[Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett Architects]] and location of [[Mazer's Office & Store Equipment]]
:* 2027: [[Protective Life building]] ([[Commerce Center]])
:* 2027: [[Protective Life building]] ([[Commerce Center]])
* [[21st Street North|21st Street]] intersection ([[Rainbow Viaduct]])
* [[21st Street North|21st Street]] intersection ([[Rainbow Viaduct]])
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* [[Carraway Boulevard]] intersection
* [[Carraway Boulevard]] intersection


===[[North Avondale neighborhood]]===
===[[North Avondale]]===
* 2600-3400: [[1st Avenue North Viaduct]]
* 2600-3400: [[1st Avenue North Viaduct]]
** 2800-3100 blocks: [[Sloss Furnaces]]
** 2800-3100 blocks: [[Sloss Furnaces]]
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* 4265: [[Kingdom Kare]]
* 4265: [[Kingdom Kare]]


===[[Woodlawn neighborhood]]===
===[[Woodlawn]]===
* 4811: [[Bachus Engineering]]
* 4811: [[Bachus Engineering]]
* 4924: [[One Stop Environmental]]
* 4924: [[One Stop Environmental]]
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* 6021: [[Pacific Seafood]]
* 6021: [[Pacific Seafood]]


===[[Wahouma neighborhood]]/[[East Lake neighborhood]]===
===[[Wahouma]]/[[East Lake]]===
* 6100-6300 blocks: [[Interstate 20]] interchange
* 6100-6300 blocks: [[Interstate 20]] interchange
* 6200: former location of [[Fadely's Drug Store]]
* 6200: former location of [[Fadely's Drug Store]]
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* 7718: former location of [[Sligh Coal & Transfer Company]]
* 7718: former location of [[Sligh Coal & Transfer Company]]


===[[North East Lake neighborhood]]/[[South East Lake neighborhood]]===
===[[North East Lake]]/[[South East Lake]]===
* 7901: [[St Barnabas School]]
* 7901: [[St Barnabas School]]
* 8000-8200 blocks: [[Interstate 59]] interchange
* 8000-8200 blocks: [[Interstate 59]] interchange

Revision as of 10:45, 5 July 2009

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.

See also

Notable locations

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

Smithfield

Fountain Heights

Central City neighborhood

North Avondale

Woodlawn

Wahouma/East Lake

North East Lake/South East Lake

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