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'''Gary Avenue''' is a major thoroughfare through downtown [[Fairfield]], part of the street pattern planned by the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company]] in [[1909]], and named in honor of Elbert Gary, the first president of TCI's parent company, [[U.S. Steel]].
'''Gary Avenue''' is a major thoroughfare through downtown [[Fairfield]], part of the street pattern planned by the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company]] in [[1909]], and named in honor of Elbert Gary, the first president of TCI's parent company, [[U.S. Steel]].


Gary Avenue runs southwest as a continuation of [[Avenue E Ensley]], which also becomes [[Lloyd Noland Parkway]] as it passes below {{I-20/59}}. Gary Avenue and Lloyd Noland Parkway split between [[40th Street Ensley]] and [[41st Street Ensley]], with Gary bending westward and crossing [[Opossum Creek]] before entering Fairfield's business district. The street proceeds southwest, then turns to the south at [[47th Street Ensley]], terminating at [[Valley Road]] / [[Donald Parkway]]. Formerly the section of Valley Road continuing to [[E. J. Oliver Boulevard]] was also addressed as Gary Avenue.
Gary Avenue runs southwest as a continuation of [[Avenue E Ensley]], which also becomes [[Lloyd Noland Parkway]] as it passes below {{I-20/59}}. Gary Avenue and Lloyd Noland Parkway split between [[40th Street Ensley]] and [[41st Street Ensley]], with Gary bending westward and crossing [[Opossum Creek]] (in a culvert) before entering Fairfield's business district. The street proceeds southwest, then turns to the south at [[47th Street Ensley]], terminating at [[Valley Road]] / [[Donald Parkway]]. Formerly the section of Valley Road continuing to [[E. J. Oliver Boulevard]] was also addressed as Gary Avenue.


The [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company]]'s [[No. 5 Ensley-Fairfield streetcar line]] ran down Gary Avenue, and that service continues as [[MAX Transit Route 5]].
The [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company]]'s [[No. 5 Ensley-Fairfield streetcar line]] ran down Gary Avenue, and that service continues as [[MAX Transit Route 5]].
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** 4901: [[Payless Drugs]], former location of [[A & P]] (1950–)
** 4901: [[Payless Drugs]], former location of [[A & P]] (1950–)
* [[50th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[50th Street Ensley]] intersects
** 5003: [[Capstone Counseling Center]] / [[Neo Jazz School of Music]]
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** 5004: former location of [[Gary Theatre]] (1924)
*** 5001A: [[Larry Williams Income Tax]] (2011–)
** 5005–5007: former location of [[Fairfield Theatre (1950s)|Fairfield Theatre]] (1950s)
*** 5001B: former location of [[Tony's Beauty Salon]] (2011)
* [[51st Street Ensley]] intersects
** 5003: [[New Era Heating & Cooling]] (2016–), former location of [[Capstone Counseling Center]] / [[Neo Jazz School of Music]]
** 5104: [[Stephen Smith Fine Art]] (2016–), former location of [[Fairfield Theatre (1920s)|Fairfield Theatre]] (1920s)
** 5004: [[Lacy & Sons Car Wash]], former location of [[Gary Theatre]] (1924)
** 5006: [[InterUrban Accounting & Tax Service]]
** 5005–5009: [[Ann's Flooring]]
*** 5005–5007: former location of [[Fairfield Theatre (1950s)|Fairfield Theatre]] (1950s)
** 5008: [[Now Faith Church]]
** 5011: [[The Eye Care Place]]
** 5013–5019: [[Ann's Flooring]]
** 5012: [[Beautiful Endings Hair Studio]]
** 5018: [[Shillo's Hair Design]]
** 5021: [[American Legion Post 347]]
* [[51st Street Ensley]] intersects (Gary Avenue also addressed as [[Valley Road]])
** 5104: [[Stephen Smith Fine Art]] (2016–), former location of [[Fairfield Theatre (1920s)|Fairfield Theatre]] (1920s), [[T-Shirt Shop]] (2011)
** 5106: [[Aicha's African Hair Braiding]]
** 5112: [[Kids Inc. Christian Academy]] (2011–)
** 5116: [[Fairfield Main Street]] (2011–)
** 5118:
*** 5118A: [[MD African Hair Braiding]], former location of [[KNOW Business Power Solutions]] (2011), [[Greekwood Monogram]]
*** 5118B: [[Elegance African Hair Braiding]] (2009–2011)
*** 5120: [[Levert, Levert & Associates]] (2009–)
* [[52nd Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[52nd Street Ensley]] intersects
** 5224: former location of [[Piggly Wiggly]] (1925)
** 5224: former location of [[Piggly Wiggly]] (1925)
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Revision as of 11:07, 30 July 2020

1959 view of Gary Avenue

Gary Avenue is a major thoroughfare through downtown Fairfield, part of the street pattern planned by the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company in 1909, and named in honor of Elbert Gary, the first president of TCI's parent company, U.S. Steel.

Gary Avenue runs southwest as a continuation of Avenue E Ensley, which also becomes Lloyd Noland Parkway as it passes below I-20/59. Gary Avenue and Lloyd Noland Parkway split between 40th Street Ensley and 41st Street Ensley, with Gary bending westward and crossing Opossum Creek (in a culvert) before entering Fairfield's business district. The street proceeds southwest, then turns to the south at 47th Street Ensley, terminating at Valley Road / Donald Parkway. Formerly the section of Valley Road continuing to E. J. Oliver Boulevard was also addressed as Gary Avenue.

The Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company's No. 5 Ensley-Fairfield streetcar line ran down Gary Avenue, and that service continues as MAX Transit Route 5.

Notable addresses

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