Lorna Road

Lorna Road is a predominantly north-south road in Hoover that was originally part of Montgomery Highway. Montgomery Highway has since been rerouted through Hoover and is now part of U.S. Highway 31.

Lorna Road forks off of Montgomery Highway (Hoover) as a three-lane road, just south of the Interstate 65 interchange, lining up with one pair of on/off ramps. It then continues south-southeast to the east of Montgomery Highway to an intersection with Patton Chapel Road/Rocky Ridge Road. At this point the road expands to five lanes, crossing over Interstate 459 and then curving southwest. In the curve, the road narrows to four lanes, but expands to five lanes again afterward.

The road then continues to an intersection with Montgomery Highway at the Riverchase Galleria, expanding to seven lanes immediately around the intersection. At this point, the road west of the intersection is actually John Hawkins Parkway (Alabama State Highway 150), but approximately one-tenth of a mile west of the intersection, Lorna Road branches off again as a two-lane road heading southwest. It then turns southeast just before coming to Bains Bridge at the Shelby County line. At this point, the road becomes Old Montgomery Highway, crossing Helena Road just before rejoining Highway 31 at a segment named Pelham Parkway.

History

Some portions of what is now Lorna Road were originally part of Columbiana Road, although in the early 1900s Columbiana Road followed a path closer to the current Montgomery Highway in that region. Bains Bridge, however, has been a part of the route since at least that time.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Lorna Road category.

• Montgomery Highway (Hoover) intersection (Lorna Road begins/ends)
• Wisteria Drive intersection (east only)
• Braddock Drive intersection (west only)
  • Lorna Plaza
• Hoover Lane/Carousel Court intersection
  • Hoover Commons, formerly Hoover Mall
  • 3128: former location of Wyatt Construction Co. (1970)
  • 3133-3141: Lorna Town Square shopping center
  • 3142: Hoover Police Operations Offices (formerly Hoover Twin Cinema)
  • 3150: commercial building, former location of La Consentida tienda, Viejo Oeste men's clothing
    • 3150-A: Tower Loan, former location of Legion Printing & Publishing
    • 3150-B: Draped Hair Studio, former location of Excelsior comics and games (2011-2018)
  • 3199: Natural Hair Design
• Whiting Road intersection
  • 3201: Village Violins / Suzuki Talent Education Program (2019-), former location of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (2013-2017)
  • 3202: Family Dollar
  • 3217: Grace Academy Child Development Center
  • 3219: Blue Pacific at Hoover Food Mart
  • 3226: Full Moon Bar-B-Que offices, Calvin Reid Construction Company
  • 3227: Christopher's Salon
• Patton Chapel Road/Rocky Ridge Road intersection
  • 3300: Lorna Road Chevron, formerly Lorna Road Union 76

The Village on Lorna shopping center, former location of Alabama Computer Associates (1990)

• • 3301:
    • Suite 1: [Shay's Jewelry]], former location of Moore Frames & Art
    • Suite 2: GEICO
    • Suite 4: Royal Tobacco & Vape Outlet, former location of Ensley-Fairfield Mattress Company
  • 3305:
    • Suite 1: Little Ceasar's, former location of Wall Street Deli
    • Suite 3: Wing It
    • Suite 11: Pollo Lucas, former location of Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Eye See
    • Suite 13: Subway
  • 3309:
    • Suite 2: Louise's Cakes-N-Things
    • Suite 3: H&R Block
    • Suite 6: Laundry Room
    • Suite 7: Golden Temple Natural Grocery
    • Suite 8: Crowning Touch beauty salon
    • Suite 10: Aaron's
    • Suite 13: former location of Banco Hispano
  • 3313: [Bargain Hunt]], former location of Food World, Delchamp's Supermarket, Western Supermarket
  • 3317: former location of Fred's (-2019), Drugs For Less
  • 3320: Walmart Neighborhood Market (former site of La Chateau Apartments)
  • 3321:
    • Suite 3: Taste of Thailand
    • Suite 10: Jubliee Groceries. former location of The Baseball Card Shop, Lion & Unicorn
    • Suite 11: Silver Coin Indian Grill
  • 3429: Jack's #166
  • 3437: Union State Bank
  • 3443: Carmike 10
  • 3443: Costa's Mediterranean Cafe (formerly Costa's New South Cafe and Costa's Famous Bar-B-Que)
  • 3447: Premiere Gymnastics, formerly Sportsplex
  • 3454: Hoover Self-Storage, former location of Antique Super Mall, Skate World
• Municipal Drive/Lorna Ridge Drive intersection
• Passes over Interstate 459 (no access)
• Woodmeadow Drive/Old Rocky Ridge Road intersection
  • 3505: Alabama Republican Party headquarters
  • 3517: Rocky Ridge Retirement Community
  • 3530: Aldridge Gardens
  • 3565: The Willows apartments
• Rocky Ridge Ranch Road intersection
  • Plaza Fiesta
• Centennial Drive intersection
  • 3635: Tire Engineers #30
  • 3650 Haverty's Furniture
• Data Center Drive intersection
  • 3746: eCo Credit Union, former location of Guaranty Federal Savings and Loan
  • 3770: Pizza Hut
  • 3775: Arby's, former location of Region's Bank, First Alabama Bank
  • Riverchase Village Shopping Center (formerly Loehmann's Village)
  • 3670 Moe's Southwest Grill, former location of Burger King
• Montgomery Highway (Hoover) intersection (continues west as John Hawkins Parkway, but just past the intersection, Lorna Road branches off again to the south)
  • Waterford Landing Apartments
• Merchant Drive intersection
• Summer Place Parkway intersection (Barrington on the Green apartments)
• Riverchase Drive intersection
• Chace Lake Parkway intersection (Chace Lake Villas)
• Lorna Crest Road intersection
  • 3950: formerly Ismaili Center
• Bains Bridge over the Cahaba River (road continues south as Old Montgomery Highway)