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)
- 2nd Avenue North intersection
- 3rd Avenue North intersection
- 4th Avenue North intersection
- 5th Avenue North intersection
- 6th Avenue North intersection
- 7th Avenue North intersection
- Reverend Abraham Woods, Jr Boulevard North intersection
- I-20/I-59 (no interchange)
- 9th Avenue North intersection (east only)
- 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 Norht intersection