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Montclair Road connects [[Pawnee Avenue]] at the ridge of Red Mountain and skirts the [[Mountain Brook]]/[[Birmingham]] border northeast to its merging with Crestwood Boulevard at the city limits of [[Irondale]].
Montclair Road connects [[Pawnee Avenue]] at the ridge of Red Mountain and skirts the [[Mountain Brook]]/[[Birmingham]] border northeast to its merging with Crestwood Boulevard at the city limits of [[Irondale]].
[[MAX Transit Route 44]] travels the length of Montclair Road.


==Notable locations==
==Notable locations==
* 1700: [[Birmingham Fire Station 26]]
Listed from west to east.  Note that the addresses increase to the 4000s, then jump back down to 800 at [[Trinity Medical Center]].
* 1757: [[Putnam Middle School]]
 
* 4941: [[St Martin's-in-the-Pines]] retirement community
* Continues west as [[Country Club Road]] to [[Pawnee Avenue]].
* [[Eastwood Village]] (formerly [[Eastwood Mall]])
* former crossing of [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]] (1964)
* 1424: [[Fair Haven]] retirement community
** 3500 block: [[Erskine Ramsay Park]]
* [[St Francis Xavier Church]] and [[St Francis Xavier School]]
** 3609: former location of [[Birmingham University School]] (1960–1964)
* 900: [[Southern Building Code Conference International]]
** 3621: former location of [[Cleage Construction Co.]], [[ABC Woodworks Co.]] cabinet makers / [[E. F. Buchanan Contracting Co.]] (1960), [[Mountain Brook Supply Co.]] (1964)
* 800: [[Trinity Medical Center]] (formerly [[Baptist Montclair Hospital]])
 
* 3960: [[Levite Jewish Community Center]]
* [[Gaywood Circle]] intersects (south only)
* 3801: [[Pilgrim Congregational Church]]
** 3801: [[Village Place]] subdivision (built 2007 as  [[Pilgrim Place]]), former site of [[Pilgrim Church|Pilgrim Congregational Church]] (1959-2007)
* [[Ramsay Park]]
** 3808: former location of [[Mountain Brook Bible Chapel]] (1964)
 
* [[Cross Ridge Road]] intersects (south only)
 
* [[Shannon Lane]] intersects (south only)
 
* [[Morningside Drive]]/[[Memory Lane]] intersect
** 3900: [[Garvin Building]] (built 1987), [[Crestline Heights Post Office]] (1987–)
** 3904: former location of [[Marshall Durbin Jr residence]] (1964)
** 3928: [[3928 Montclair]] office building, temporary location of [[Mountain Brook City Hall]] (2010-2012)
** 3930: former location of [[Atlantan Apartments]]
** 3938: former location of [[Mountain Brook Lodge No. 1838]], BPOE (1960–1964)
** 3940: [[3940 Montclair]] office building, [[The Welch Group]], former location of [[The Lodge]] night club ([[Abe Joseph]] 1958–1960), [[Tanglewood Supper Club]] (1964)
 
* [[Ross Drive]] intersects
** 3960: [[Levite Jewish Community Center]]
** 4000: [[N. E. Miles Jewish Day School]]
 
** 720: public storage, built in 1990 as [[Montclair Medical Office Building]]
** 739: [[Montclair Animal Clinic]]
** 750: former location of [[Birmingham Metro Baptist Association]] (–2020)
** 751: [[Stonehenge at Crestline]] apartments
** 790: [[Rising Tide Management]] / [[LabCorp]], former location of [[Alabama Vision & Hearing Center]]
 
* [[Dan Hudson Drive]] intersects (north only)
** 800: former location of [[Baptist Medical Center Montclair]], [[Trinity Medical Center]]
** 880: [[880 Building]]
** 801: [[Tapestry Park]] apartments, former location of [[John Carroll Catholic High School]] athletic fields
 
* [[52nd Street South]] / [[Beech Circle]] intersect
** 900: [[International Code Council]] (2003-), former location of [[Southern Building Code Conference International]] (-2003)
** 924: [[Cunningham Pathology]]
** 940–956: [[Oakmont Building]], [[JBS Mental Health Authority]]
** 972: [[Ginsberg Dermatology Center]] / [[Ginsberg Medical Spa]]
 
* [[Xavier Circle]] intersects, [[St Francis Xavier Catholic Church]] and [[St Francis Xavier School]]
 
* [[Sunshine Drive]] intersects (north only)
 
* [[Hagood Street]] intersects (south only)
 
* [[Pamela Street]] intersects
 
* [[Cresthill Road]] intersects (north only)
** 1325: [[Publix Supermarket]], former location of [[Grace Methodist Church]]
 
* [[Grace Baker Road]] intersects (south only)
** 1337: [[Spectrum Store]] (2020–), former location of former location of [[Baker & Sons Dairy]], [[Rite-Aid]] (closed 2018), [[TrustCare]] medical clinic (2020–2023)
** 1353: former location of [[Sonic Drive-In]] (closed 2022)
** 1401–1429: (styled as 1522 [[Cooper Hill Road]]) [[The Union at Cooper Hill]] apartments (2017–), formerly [[Regency Apartments]] (–2017)
** 1424: [[Fair Haven]] retirement community
** 1500: [[Truist Eastwood branch]], former location of [[Colonial Bank Eastwood branch]], [[BB&T Eastwood branch]] (–2022)
** 1501: [[Montclair Luxury Apartments]] (opened [[1964]])
** 1520: [[Montclair Village]] shopping center
** 1526: [[SunSource Tanning]]
** 1530: [[Milo's Hamburgers]]
** 1533: [[Morningstar Storage]], former site of [[Bruno's]] supermarket
** 1540: [[El Cazador]] Mexican restaurant (2008–), former location of [[Western Sizzlin]] steak house
** 1541: [[Taco Bell]] (2008–)
** 1544: [[Bankhead Apartments]]
** 1545: [[The Purple Onion]] restaurant, former location of [[Bojangles']]
** 1546: [[Santos Coffee]] (2024–), former location of [[Schaeffer Eye Center]] (2008–2018)
** 1548: [[Zaxby's]] (2008–), former location of [[Guthrie's]]
** 1552: [[Easy Money]], former location of [[Cooper Brothers Barbecue]] (1963-1964)
** 1553: former location of [[Eastwood Chiropractic Center]] (1964)
** 1557: former location of [[Brungart Equipment Co.]], [[Alabama Irrigation Sales & Service]] (1964)
 
* [[Oporto-Madrid Boulevard]] intersects
** 1569: [[McDonald's]]
** 1560: [[Walgreen's Drugs]], former location of [[Perry's Amoco]] (1964)
** 1566: [[Pep Boys Auto Service]]
** 1608: former location of [[Kwik Shop]] convenience store (1964)
** 1624: former location of [[Wagon Ho!]] (1968-1970), [[Kelly's Hamburgers]], [[Dilly's Deli]]
** 1642: [[Regions Bank]] [[Regions Bank Eastwood branch|Eastwood branch]]
** 1644: [[Wells Fargo Eastwood branch]]
** 1648: [[Chick Fil-A]]
** 1658: [[Starbucks Coffee]], [[T-Mobile]]
** 1660: former location of [[Kwik Kopy Printing]]
** 1672: [[Mattress Firm]]
** 1676: [[Eastwood Village]] shopping center (built 2007), former location of [[Eastwood Mall]] (1964–2005)
** 1685: [[Kangaroo Express]]
** 1694: [[First Educators Credit Union]]
 
* [[Montevallo Road]] intersects
** 1700: [[Birmingham Fire Station 26]]
** 1701: [[St Martin's in the Pines]] nursing home (built 1957)
** 1757: [[Putnam Middle School]]
** 1830: [[C. C. Food Mart]], former location of [[Bethel Metropolitan Community Church]]
** 1860: [[Kaotic Customs]]
 
* [[Interstate 20]] overpass (no access)
* road merges into [[Crestwood Boulevard]]


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Revision as of 08:40, 15 March 2024

Montclair Road was built in 1932 as a section of U.S. Highway 78, until Crestwood Boulevard was extended through Red Mountain at Century Plaza.

Montclair Road connects Pawnee Avenue at the ridge of Red Mountain and skirts the Mountain Brook/Birmingham border northeast to its merging with Crestwood Boulevard at the city limits of Irondale.

MAX Transit Route 44 travels the length of Montclair Road.

Notable locations

Listed from west to east. Note that the addresses increase to the 4000s, then jump back down to 800 at Trinity Medical Center.

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