Lorna Road
Lorna Road is a predominantly north-south road in Hoover that was originally part of Montgomery Highway. Montgomery Highway has since been rerouted through Hoover and is now part of U.S. Highway 31.
Lorna Road forks off of Montgomery Highway (Hoover) as a three-lane road, just south of the Interstate 65 interchange, lining up with one pair of on/off ramps. It then continues south-southeast to the east of Montgomery Highway to an intersection with Patton Chapel Road/Rocky Ridge Road. At this point the road expands to five lanes, crossing over Interstate 459 and then curving southwest. In the curve, the road narrows to four lanes, but expands to five lanes again afterward.
The road then continues to an intersection with Montgomery Highway at the Riverchase Galleria, expanding to seven lanes immediately around the intersection. At this point, the road west of the intersection is actually John Hawkins Parkway (Alabama State Highway 150), but approximately one-tenth of a mile west of the intersection, Lorna Road branches off again as a two-lane road heading southwest. It then turns southeast just before coming to Bains Bridge at the Shelby County line. At this point, the road becomes Old Montgomery Highway, crossing Helena Road just before rejoining Highway 31 at a segment named Pelham Parkway.
History
Some portions of what is now Lorna Road were originally part of Columbiana Road, although in the early 1900s Columbiana Road followed a path closer to the current Montgomery Highway in that region. Bains Bridge, however, has been a part of the route since at least that time.
Notable locations
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Lorna Road category.
- Montgomery Highway (Hoover) intersection (Lorna Road begins/ends)
- Wisteria Drive intersection
- Braddock Drive intersection
- Hoover Lane/Carousel Court intersection
- Hoover Mall
- 3128: former location of Wyatt Construction Co. (1970)
- 3133-3141: Lorna Town Square shopping center
- 3142: Hoover Police Operations Offices (formerly Hoover Twin Cinema)
- 3150: commercial building, former location of La Consentida tienda, Viejo Oeste men's clothing
- 3150-A: Tower Loan, former location of Legion Printing & Publishing
- 3150-B: Draped Hair Studio, former location of Excelsior comics and games (2011-2018)
- 3199: Natural Hair Design
- Whiting Road intersection
- 3201: Village Violins / Suzuki Talent Education Program (2019-), former location of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (2013-2017)
- 3202: Family Dollar
- 3217: Grace Academy Child Development Center
- 3219: Blue Pacific at Hoover Food Mart
- 3226: Full Moon Bar-B-Que offices, Calvin Reid Construction Company
- 3227: Christopher's Salon
- Patton Chapel Road/Rocky Ridge Road intersection
- 3300: Lorna Road Chevron
- 3317: former location of Fred's (-2019)
- 3320: Walmart Neighborhood Market (former site of La Chateau Apartments)
- 3309: The Village on Lorna shopping center, former location of Alabama Computer Associates (1990)
- Suite 2: Louise's Cakes-N-Things
- Suite 3: H&R Block
- Suite 6: Laundry Room
- Suite 7: Golden Temple Natural Grocery
- Suite 8: Crowning Touch beauty salon
- Suite 10: Aaron's
- Suite 13: former location of Banco Hispano
- 3321: Silver Coin Indian Grill, former location of Lion & Unicorn
- 3429: Jack's #166
- 3437: Union State Bank
- 3443: Carmike 10
- 3443: Costa's Mediterranean Cafe (formerly Costa's New South Cafe and Costa's Famous Bar-B-Que)
- 3454: Hoover Self-Storage (formerly Antique Super Mall)
- Municipal Drive/Lorna Ridge Drive intersection
- Passes over Interstate 459 (no access)
- Woodmeadow Drive/Old Rocky Ridge Road intersection
- 3530: Aldridge Gardens
- 3565: The Willows apartments
- Rocky Ridge Ranch Road intersection
- Centennial Drive intersection
- 3635: Express Oil Change #30
- Data Center Drive intersection
- 3724: Taqueria Mexico
- Riverchase Village Shopping Center (formerly Loehmann's Village)
- Montgomery Highway (Hoover) intersection (continues west as John Hawkins Parkway, but just past the intersection, Lorna Road branches off again to the south)
- Merchant Drive intersection
- Summer Place Parkway intersection (Barrington on the Green apartments)
- Riverchase Drive intersection
- Chace Lake Parkway intersection (Chace Lake Villas)
- Lorna Crest Road intersection
- 3950: formerly Ismaili Center
- Bains Bridge over the Cahaba River (road continues south as Old Montgomery Highway)