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* [[1st Avenue North]] intersection (road ends; [[1st Avenue North viaduct]] to east)
* [[1st Avenue North]] intersection (road ends; [[1st Avenue North viaduct]] to east)
** 101: former location of [[Alabama Outdoor Advertising Co.]] (1949)
* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection
* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection
** 204½: former location of [[Nick Colias]] (1907)
** 210: former location of [[Birmingham Mirror Co.]] (1925)
** 210: former location of [[Birmingham Mirror Co.]] (1925)
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection (west only)
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection (west only)
** 300: former location of [[Old Reliable]] soft drink stand ([[Bud Huffman]] 1919)
* Former [[4th Avenue North]] intersection
* Former [[4th Avenue North]] intersection
** 400: former location of [[Bar Kontos]] (1907)
** 406: former location of [[Chris's Place]] restaurant (1910)
** 406: former location of [[Chris's Place]] restaurant (1910)
** 408: former location of [[Samuel Tebshrany]] restaurant (1910), [[Hudson Tailoring Co.]] (1923)
** 408: former location of [[Samuel Tebshrany]] restaurant (1910), [[Hudson Tailoring Co.]] (1923)
** 410: former location of [[J. F. Winter]] store (1923)
** 410: former location of [[J. F. Winter]] store (1923), [[Terminal Cafe]] ([[M. G. Sarris]] 1942-1949)
** 414: former location of [[John Angelakos]] restaurant (1928)
** 414: former location of [[S. Berzis]] (1907), [[John Angelakos]] restaurant (1928)
** 426: former location of [[Reliance Hotel]] (1907–1910)
** former location of [[Birmingham Terminal Station]]
** former location of [[Birmingham Terminal Station]]
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersection (west only; 5th Avenue continues east under Carraway Boulevard in the [[5th Avenue North tunnel]])
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersection (west only; 5th Avenue continues east under Carraway Boulevard in the [[5th Avenue North tunnel]])
** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]]
** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]]
** 500: former location of [[Terminal Hotel]] (1909-1918)
** 500: former location of [[Terminal Hotel]] (1909-1918), [[Alabama Cafe]] (1920)
** 510: former location of [[Simon Hubig Co.]] bakery (1922-1932)
** 510: former location of [[Simon Hubig Co.]] bakery (1922-1932)
** former location of [[Gus Jebeles (shopkeeper)|Gus Jebeles]]'s shop and [[Birmingham Terminal Station]]
** former location of [[Gus Jebeles (shopkeeper)|Gus Jebeles]]'s shop and [[Birmingham Terminal Station]]
* [[6th Avenue North]] intersection (west); [[Interstate 20|I-20]]/[[Interstate 59|59]] exit ramp (east)
* [[6th Avenue North]] intersection (west); [[Interstate 20|I-20]]/[[Interstate 59|59]] exit ramp (east)
** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]]
** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]]
** 601: former location of [[John A. Keif & Co.]] grocers (1887), [[Hotel Venice]] (1920), [[Johnny's Place]] (1937), [[Renaissance Grill]] ([[John Barranco]] 1942), [[Club Belvedere]] ([[Hubert Hare]] 1959)
** 621: former location of [[Levens Auto Shop]] (1923)
** 621: former location of [[Levens Auto Shop]] (1923)
* [[7th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[7th Avenue North]] intersection
** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]]
** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]]
*** 711: former location of [[Lassetter & Co.]] warehouse (1940s-1970s)
** 725: former location of [[Coronado Stone Products]] (1981)
* [[Reverend Abraham Woods, Jr Boulevard]] (8th Avenue) intersection
* [[Reverend Abraham Woods, Jr Boulevard]] (8th Avenue) intersection
** 822: former location of [[Spur]] gas station (1966)
** 822: former location of [[Spur]] gas station (1966)
** 920: former location of [[Salvatore's]] & [[Omar's Drive-In]]
** 920: former location of [[Salvatore's Drive-In]] & [[Omar's Drive-In]]
** [[Interstate 20|I-20]]/[[Interstate 59|59]] interchange
** [[Interstate 20|I-20]]/[[Interstate 59|59]] interchange
* [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] (10th Avenue) intersection
* [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] (10th Avenue) intersection
** I-20/59 interchange
** I-20/59 interchange
** 1001: former location of [[Purity Ice Co.]] ([[Mantteo Ferlise]] 1958)
** 1015: former location of [[Melrose Ice Cream]]
** 1015: former location of [[Melrose Ice Cream]]
* [[11th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[11th Avenue North]] intersection
** 1100: former location of [[Burks Pan-Am Service Station]] ([[1951]]–?)
** west side:
*** 1100: former location of [[Burks Pan-Am Service Station]] ([[1951]]–?)
*** 1128: former location of [[Norton's Florist]] (1935)
** east side:
*** 1101–1129: [[Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]] (construction began 2016)
* [[12th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[12th Avenue North]] intersection
** former location of [[Norton's Florist]]
** 1212: former location of [[Colonial Stores]] ([[1957]]–?) and [[Bruno's]] grocery store ([[1967]]–?)
** 1212: former location of [[Colonial Stores]] ([[1957]]–?) and [[Bruno's]] grocery store ([[1967]]–?)
** 1217: former location of [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]]
** 1217: former location of [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]]
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* 16th Avenue North intersection (west only)
* 16th Avenue North intersection (west only)
** 1600: [[Carraway Hospital]]
** 1600: [[Carraway Hospital]]
** 1928: former location of [[Travelodge]] motel & cafe (1958)
* [[21st Avenue North]] intersection
* [[21st Avenue North]] intersection
** 2115: former location of [[Gordon Beckham]] restaurant (1928)
** 2115: former location of [[Beckham's Barbecue]]<!--Gordon & Bessie Beckham--> (1928-1942)
* 2200-2400: Bridge over railroad and [[Village Creek]]
* 2200-2400: Bridge over railroad and [[Village Creek]]
* [[Finley Boulevard]] intersection
* [[Finley Boulevard]] intersection
* 2600-2900: Bridge over railroad
* 2600-2900: Bridge over railroad
** 2822: former location of [[Yarbrough Motor Co.]] Service Department (1957)
* [[29th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[29th Avenue North]] intersection
** 3001: former location of [[O. Z. Hall Motors]]
** 3001: former location of [[O. Z. Hall Motors]], [[O. Z. Hall Ford]] (1960)
** [[31st Avenue North]]
** 3018: former location of [[Yarbrough Motor Co.]] (1957)
* [[31st Avenue North]] intersection
** former location of [[Pentecostal Church]] (1928)
** former location of [[Hill Food Stores]] [[North Birmingham]] store
** former location of [[Hill Food Stores]] [[North Birmingham]] store
** 3102: former location of [[Cowgill Drugs]]
** 3102: former location of [[Cowgill Drug Co.]] (1974)
** 3103: former location of [[Catfish King]]
** 3103: former location of [[Catfish King]]
** 3200: [[Etheridge Brothers Barber & Style]] No. 3
** 3200: [[Etheridge Brothers Barber & Style]] No. 3

Latest revision as of 09:29, 9 April 2024

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Carraway Boulevard (also known as 26th Street North) is the on-grade section of U. S. Highway 31 running through the north side of downtown Birmingham. A small section of the street also runs on the surface beneath the elevated Elton B. Stephens Expressway south of the western terminus of U. S. Highway 280 at I-59/I-20/20.

Street railway tracks prior to Carraway Blvd., c. 1890

Carraway Boulevard is named for the Carraway Medical Center which dominates the streetscape in Norwood. The highway becomes the "Decatur Highway" as it crosses the Norfolk Southern Railroad near North Birmingham Park. The railroad turns south and parallels Carraway Boulevard to the former site of the Birmingham Terminal Station, which occupied two blocks of 26th Street centered on 5th Avenue North.

Prior to the construction of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, 26th Street continued south over the Railroad reservation on the 26th Street viaduct, which once sheltered Ingalls Iron Works.

The first electric "thoroughfare lighting" was installed on 26th Street North on poles spaced 200 feet apart. The lighting was upgraded with new, taller poles on 100-foot spacings between 1st Avenue and 29th Avenue under the city's 1945 contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Carraway Boulevard category.
U. S. Highway 31 in Birmingham
North side South side
Current route Carraway Blvd · Elton B. Stephens Expressway Elton B. Stephens Expressway
Previous routes 8th Avenue N · 24th Street N 24th Street S · 7th Avenue S · 20th Street S · 21st Street S
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