16th Street North

16th Street North is one of the primary north-south streets on the western side of downtown Birmingham's business district. It connects the city's historic 4th Avenue Historic District to the Fountain Heights residential neighborhood.

16th Street does not cross the Railroad Reservation. It begins at Morris Avenue and continues north-northwest under I-20/59. At 14th Avenue North it takes slight turn to the north. Past 15th Avenue North it becomes an alley, bending northeast to connect to 17th Street North.

At I-65 a separate section of 16th Street North is carried over the interstate on the 16th Street Overpass, which is a continuation of 17th Street North. The overpass forms an interchange with exits from north and southbound interstate traffic, and one onramp onto I-65 South. From there it continues uninterrupted past Acipco to 35th Avenue North, just shy of the ridge of Sand Mountain at Zion Heights.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 16th Street North category.

• Morris Avenue intersection
• 1st Avenue North (U.S. Highway 78) intersection
  • Innovation Depot (former Sears Roebuck & Company)
  • Thomas Jefferson Hotel (also known as Cabana Hotel and Leer Tower), former site of Iron City Foundry & Machine Works (1884-)
• 2nd Avenue North intersection
  • former location of the Royal Restaurant
  • 209: former location of W. J. Schimmel, veterinarian & horse shoer (1923)
• 3rd Avenue North intersection
  • former location of Modern Sign Company
  • 312: Homecoming Coffee & Gift Shop
  • 314: former location of Treat-Rite store (1927)
  • 320: The Vault Clothiers
  • 328: Mrs B's On Fourth
• 4th Avenue North intersection
  • A. G. Gaston Building
  • 413: Office of attorney Alfreda Gray
• 5th Avenue North intersection
  • Kelly Ingram Park (former West Park)
  • 520: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
    • Fred Shuttlesworth statue
• 6th Avenue North intersection
  • 16th Street Baptist Church
  • former location of Jockey Boy Restaurant
  • 614: former location of the Pettiford House
  • 615: former location of Social Cleaners (1962)
• 7th Avenue North intersection
• Reverend Abraham Woods, Jr Boulevard North intersection
• I-20/I-59 (no interchange)
• 9th Avenue North intersection (east only)
  • 900: Flowers Baking Company, former location of the Home Baking Company
• 10th Avenue North intersection
• 11th Avenue North intersection
• 11th Court North intersection (east only)
• 12th Avenue North intersection
• 12th Court North intersection (west only)
• 13th Avenue North intersection
• 13th Court North intersection (west only)
• 14th Avenue North intersection
• 15th Avenue North intersection
• I-65 interchange (south only)
• 17th Street North intersection (north only)
• 16th Terrace North intersection
  • 1884: Restoring The Kingdom Ministries
  • 1904: former location of Mars Petcare
  • 2001: former location of Dixie Packing Co. meat packers (1925)
  • 2109: Tire Centers Birmingham
  • 2400: Motley Construction Company
  • 2512: Chubby's restaurant and lounge
  • 2610: Eagle's Restaurant
  • 2713: former location of William Blakely restaurant (1928)
  • 3117: Acipco United Methodist Church
  • 3200: ACIPCO Medical Group