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** [[Shades Creek Park (office park)|Shades Creek Park]] office park
** [[Shades Creek Park (office park)|Shades Creek Park]] office park
* [[Shades Creek Parkway]]/[[Mountain Brook Parkway]] intersection
* [[Shades Creek Parkway]]/[[Mountain Brook Parkway]] intersection
** 3300: [[ServisFirst Bank]] (2005–2009)
** 3300: [[Shades Brook Building]] (formerly [[ServisFirst Bank]] (2005–2009))
* [[U.S. Highway 280]] intersection <!-- if Google Maps is to be believed -->
* [[U.S. Highway 280]] intersection (north bound only)


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 20:31, 13 March 2011

Cahaba Road is an approximately two-mile, predominantly north-south road connecting Key Circle on the crest of Red Mountain in Birmingham to Shades Creek Parkway/Mountain Brook Parkway in Mountain Brook. It passes through both English Village and Mountain Brook Village and is the location of the main entrance to the Birmingham Zoo.

Cahaba Road was created before 1900. In 1927, the Jemison Companies paved the road, providing smoother and faster access to their Mountain Brook Estates subdivision from Birmingham. For a long time, the part of the road going through English Village was known as 24th Street. In the mid-20th Century, prior to the construction of the current U.S. Highway 280, the road was part of the Florida Short Route.

In Mountain Brook Village, Cahaba Road converges with Montevallo and Canterbury Roads as a five-way intersection. However, an access road rings this intersection, setting the Mountain Brook Estates building, which is between Montevallo and Canterbury, back far enough to have some storefronts facing Cahaba.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Cahaba Road category.

References

  • "Shades Valley Six Minutes Nearer City". (November 1927). Jemison Magazine, page 6.