Cahaba Road
Cahaba Road (formerly Cahaba River Road) is an approximately two-mile long, 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 or 24th Street Road. 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.
South of Shades Creek Parkway/Mountain Brook Parkway, south bound traffic can only access the Shades Brook Building. However, there is an exit from U.S. Highway 280 that leads north bound traffic past the Shades Brook Building and on to Cahaba Road.
Notable locations
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Cahaba Road category.
- Key Circle intersection (road continues north as Arlington Avenue)
- Carlisle Road intersection
- 1906: National Bank of Commerce branch (2008–present)
- 1909: Continental Bakery (1984–present)
- 1911: Chez Lulu (1995–present)
- 1929: former location of Arthur Murray Dance Studios
- 1930: Vino/Gallery 1930 (2011–present), formerly Gallery Terrence Denley, White Gallery
- 2001: formerly Hitching Post Barbecue (c. 1959)
- 2006: Monkee's, formerly bellewether
- 2012: Billy's Bar & Grill (1979–present), formerly Waite's Fine Foods
- 2020: Chester's International headquarters, formerly Village Wine Market
- 2031: Salvatore's, formerly Café Ciao (?–2008), Bambinelli's (2008–2011)
- 2037: Iz Cafe, formerly Joe Muggs/Yogurt Mountain
- Fairway Drive intersection (east only)
- 21st Avenue South intersection (west only)
- 2117: Park Lane
- 2420: John Gleissner residence (Lustron House)
- 2424: Bernice Wright residence (Lustron House)
- Lane Park:
- East side: Birmingham Zoo
- West side: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
- Lane Park Road intersection
- 2629: RealtySouth training center
- U.S. Highway 280 access road/Culver Road intersection
- East side:
- 2701: Barton-Clay Fine Jewelers (1987–present)
- 2715: Mountain Brook Creamery
- 2721: Village Corner at Mountain Brook
- Avo (2009–present)
- Dram Whisky Bar
- West side:
- 2724: formerly Eve's Leaves (1967–2008)
- 2726: formerly Browdy's (1944–1967), Baskin-Robbins (1970s–1980s)
- 2726½: Andrea Carmichael
- 2738: Starbucks (2001–present)
- East side:
- Montevallo Road intersection
- 2800: Bromberg's (1959–present)
- 2801–05: Mountain Brook Estates building
- 2801: Harrison Limited
- 2803: Pappagallo
- 2805: Gilchrist
- Canterbury Road (east only) intersection
- 2807: Realtysouth (formerly Browdy's (1967–1991))
- 2812: Big Sky Bread Company (1994–present)
- 2814: formerly Logan Farms Honey Glazed Hams
- 2837: Jim Davenport's Pizza Palace (1964–present)
- Culver Road intersection
- 2900: All Seasons Travel
- 2913: Individuality Gallery (2010–present)
- Mountain Brook Office Park East
- Office Park Circle intersection
- Protective Center
- Shades Creek Park office park
- Shades Creek Parkway/Mountain Brook Parkway intersection
- 3300: Shades Brook Building (formerly ServisFirst Bank (2005–2009))
- U.S. Highway 280 intersection (north bound only)
References
- "Shades Valley Six Minutes Nearer City". (November 1927). Jemison Magazine, page 6.