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* 530: [[6th Street Peace Baptist Church]]
* 530: [[6th Street Peace Baptist Church]]
* 900 block: [[Adams Inn]]
* 900 block: [[Adams Inn]]
* 1000 block:
* 1000 block:
** [[Interstate 65]] overpass/ramps
** [[Interstate 65]] overpass/ramps
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** 1301: [[Jim Burke Nissan]]
** 1301: [[Jim Burke Nissan]]
** 1313: [[Kings Inn]] motel (formerly [[Knights Inn]])
** 1313: [[Kings Inn]] motel (formerly [[Knights Inn]])
* [[14th Street North]] intersection
** 1400: [[Edwards Chevrolet]]
** 1400: [[Edwards Chevrolet]]
* [[15th Street North]] intersection
** 1501: [[Firehouse Shelter]]
** 1501: [[Firehouse Shelter]]
* [[16th Street North]] intersection
* [[16th Street North]] intersection
** North side ([[Block 70]])
** North side ([[Block 70]])
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*** 1601: [[Etheridge Brothers Barber & Style]] No. 1
*** 1601: [[Etheridge Brothers Barber & Style]] No. 1
*** 1631: former auto storage garage
*** 1631: former auto storage garage
* [[17th Street North]] intersection
* [[17th Street North]] intersection
** North side ([[Block 71]])
** North side ([[Block 71]])
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*** 1729: former loan office
*** 1729: former loan office
*** 1731: former location of [[Jimmie's Soda and Cigar]]
*** 1731: former location of [[Jimmie's Soda and Cigar]]
* [[18th Street North]] intersection
* [[18th Street North]] intersection
** North side ([[Block 72]])
** North side ([[Block 72]])
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*** 1819: former [[Loveman's Annex]], now part of [[McWane Science Center]]
*** 1819: former [[Loveman's Annex]], now part of [[McWane Science Center]]
*** 1821-1831: [[McWane Science Center]] (previously [[Loveman's]])
*** 1821-1831: [[McWane Science Center]] (previously [[Loveman's]])
* [[19th Street North]] intersection
* [[19th Street North]] intersection
** North side ([[Block 73]])
** North side ([[Block 73]])
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**** 1933: building entrance
**** 1933: building entrance
**** 1935: former location of [[Liggett's Drug Store]]
**** 1935: former location of [[Liggett's Drug Store]]
* [[20th Street North]] intersection
* [[20th Street North]] intersection
** North side ([[Block 74]])
** North side ([[Block 74]])
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**** 2027: former location of [[Investor's Syndicate]]
**** 2027: former location of [[Investor's Syndicate]]
**** 2029: [[Remon's]], former cigar and soda shop
**** 2029: [[Remon's]], former cigar and soda shop
* Intersection of [[21st Street North]]
* Intersection of [[21st Street North]]
** North side ([[Block 75]])
** North side ([[Block 75]])
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*** 2125: former location of [[Denman & Company]] realtors
*** 2125: former location of [[Denman & Company]] realtors
*** 2131: [[Jefferson Financial Service Center]]
*** 2131: [[Jefferson Financial Service Center]]
* [[22nd Street North]] intersection
* [[22nd Street North]] intersection
** North side ([[Block 76]])
** North side ([[Block 76]])
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*** 2225: [[Red Cross Building]] (vacant)
*** 2225: [[Red Cross Building]] (vacant)
*** 2231: former location of [[Edwin Stephenson]]'s residence
*** 2231: former location of [[Edwin Stephenson]]'s residence
* [[23rd Street North]] intersection
* [[23rd Street North]] intersection
** 2300: former location of [[Hooper's Café]]
** 2300: former location of [[Hooper's Café]]
* [[24th Street North]] intersection
* [[24th Street North]] intersection
** North side ([[Block 77]])
** North side ([[Block 77]])

Revision as of 12:49, 25 August 2010

Third 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 through as 3rd Avenue West. The easternmost section ends at 88th Street, just west of Roebuck Municipal Golf Course.

Third Avenue is continuous from Center Street to Carraway Boulevard (formerly 26th Street North). At that point, it is interrupted by the 2nd Avenue North off-ramp of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway and railroad tracks. The road is one way eastbound from 9th to 26th Street North. There is a short segment of 3rd on the west side of 28th Street North. The next segment curves from 29th Street northward to line up with 31st Street North across Messer Airport Highway.

The avenue does not appear again eastward until Forest Hills Cemetery next to the I-20/I-59 interchange. At this point, Richard Arrington, Jr. Boulevard North (formerly 10th Avenue North), becomes 3rd Avenue. Third then continues northeast with some gaps, notably at Trotwood Park, I-59, and East Lake Park, to 88th Street.

The two-way portion of 3rd Avenue from Center Street to 9th Avenue is five lanes wide. The one way portion is four lanes from 9th to 14th Street North and three lanes from 14th to between 24th and 25th Street. At this point, the left lane becomes an on-ramp for the Elton B. Stephens Expressway. Throughout the 1970s and most of the 1980s, this on-ramp was the northernmost point to get on the expressway as it did not connect to I-20/I-59 at that time. Third avenue continues as two lanes under the expressway to Carraway Boulevard. The rest of the road segments east of here are two lanes as well.

History

The initial commercial expansion on 3rd Avenue took place on the south side of the street during the 1880s between 20th and 21st Streets. Third Avenue was also where the first two county courthouses in Birmingham were built (at 21st Street). The courthouse attracted other development to the intersection where it was located, such as the Title Guaranty Building.

Notable locations

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

References

  • White, Marjorie Longenecker, ed. (1980) Downtown Birmingham: Architectural and Historical Walking Tour Guide, second edition. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society.
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