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Another section picks up as part of [[Alabama Highway 119]] at [[U. S. Highway 31]] in [[Alabaster]] and continues south.  A third section exists, again as part of Alabama Highway 119, in [[Leeds]] from [[Ashville Road]] (just off [[Parkway Drive Leeds|Parkway Drive]]) southwest to where it becomes [[Eastern Valley Road]].
Another section picks up as part of [[Alabama Highway 119]] at [[U. S. Highway 31]] in [[Alabaster]] and continues south.  A third section exists, again as part of Alabama Highway 119, in [[Leeds]] from [[Ashville Road]] (just off [[Parkway Drive Leeds|Parkway Drive]]) southwest to where it becomes [[Eastern Valley Road]].
In [[Bibb County]] a 15-mile section of [[Alabama State Highway 25]] running from [[Centreville]] north as far as the [[Shelby County]] line toward Montevallo is also called [[Montevallo Road (Bibb County)|Montevallo Road]].


==Notable locations==
==Notable locations==
===Jefferson County===
 
===[[Homewood]]===
* 1900: [[Thomas Rowan residence]]
* 1900: [[Thomas Rowan residence]]
* 2411: former location of [[The Lingerie Shoppe]]
* [[U.S. Highway 280]] interchange
* 3225: former site of [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]]
 
* 3631: [[Mountain Brook Baptist Church]]
===[[Mountain Brook]]===
* 4151: [[Beaumont House]], the "oldest house in [[Shades Valley]]" and listed in the '''Alabama Register of Heritage and Landmarks'''
* [[U.S. Highway 280]] interchange
* 4445: [[McElwain Baptist Church]] and [[McElwain Christian Academy]]
** 2300: former location of [[Mac Clary Construction Co.]] (2007)
* 4447: [[McElwain Elementary School]]
** 2305: former location of [[Shades Valley Presbyterian Church]]
* 4500: [[Shops on Montevallo]]
** 2350: [[Brookhill Condominiums]]
** [[Shangri-La]]
* [[Cahaba Road]] intersection ([[Mountain Brook Village]])
** former [[Bombay Connection]]
** 2401: [[Rex Harris Fine Jewelry]] (2007–), former location of [[The Book-Keepers]] (1956)
** former [[Big B Drugs]]
** 2402: [[Table Matters]] (2007–), former location of [[Feinefield & Green Inc.]] (1956)
** [[Birmingham Public Library Eastwood Branch]]
** 2403: [[The Lingerie Shoppe]] (2007–), former location of the [[Heirloom Shop]]
* former site of [[Starlite Drive-In]], [[Eastwood]]
** 2404: [[Christine's]], former location of [[Juanita Reid Casuals]] (1956)
* 4565: former site of [[Trinity Presbyterian Church (Eastwood)]]
** 2405: [[B Kids]], former location of [[Harle Furniture Company]] (1956), [[Vanity]] (2007)
** 2407: [[Mountain Brook Flower Shop]] (2007), former location of [[McKay Flower Shop]] (1956-)
** 2409: former location of [[Suite Dreams]] (2007)
** 2411: [[OLI.O]], former location of [[The Lingerie Shoppe]] (1956-)
** 2415: [[Marella]] (2007–), former location of [[Hotel Brazil]]/[[Strange Fruit]] (1990s)
** 2417: former location of [[Carousel]] children's wear (2007)
** 2418: [[Another Broken Egg Cafe]], former location of [[King's House Antiques]] (2007)
** 2419: former location of [[Caro-Lena Shoppe]] (1956)
** 2421: former location of [[Lewis Chocolate Shop]] (1956), [[Etc...]] jewelry (1983–2010s)
* [[Culver Road]] intersection
* [[Overhill Road]] intersection
* [[Canterbury Road]] intersection (south only)
** 3207: [[St Peter's Anglican Church]], former location of [[Mountain Brook Community Church]] and the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
** 3225: former location of [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]]
* [[Pine Crest Road]] intersection (south only)
* [[Fairway Drive]] intersection (north only)
* [[Norman Drive]] intersection (south only)
* [[Matthews Road]] intersection (north only)
** 3631: [[Mountain Brook Baptist Church]]
* [[Overbrook Road]] intersection (south only)
* [[Richmar Drive]] intersection (south only)
* [[Montevallo Lane]] intersection (south only)
* [[Montevallo Terrace]] intersection (south only)
* [[Church Street]] (west) / [[Montrose Road]] (east) intersection
* [[Cherry Street]] intersection (north only)
* [[Montcrest Drive]] intersection (north only)
* [[Stonehurst Green]] intersection (north only)
* [[Montevallo Park Place]] intersection (north only)
* [[Glencoe Drive]] intersection (south only)
* [[Shades Creek]] crossing
* [[Crestview Drive]] intersection (north only)
* [[Greenbriar Lane]] intersection (north only) (road forms city line from here to [[Sims Avenue]], Mountain Brook on the northwest, Birmingham on the southeast.
* [[Euclid Avenue]] (west) / [[Leach Drive]] (east) intersection
** 4200 [[Mountain Brook Independent Church]], former location of [[First Southern Methodist Church]] (1971)
* [[Sims Avenue]] (west only)
 
===[[Birmingham]]===
====[[Crestline]] neighborhood====
* [[Glenview Drive]] intersects (south only)
** 4151: [[Beaumont House]], the "oldest house in [[Shades Valley]]" and listed in the '''Alabama Register of Heritage and Landmarks'''
* [[Glenbrook Drive]] intersects (south only)
* [[Euclid Avenue]] (west) / [[Leach Drive]] (east) intersection
* [[Sims Avenue]] intersects (west only)
* [[Monarch Avenue]] intersects
* [[Dunston Avenue]] intersects
* [[Hoadley Drive]] intersects (west only)
* [[Larry Lane]] intersects (east only)
** 4401–4449: [[Hope Community Church]] (2020–), formerly [[McElwain Baptist Church]] (built 1957–1967) and [[McElwain Christian Academy]]
** 4424–4446: [[Legacy at Montevallo]] townhomes (built 2021)
*** 4424: former location of residence
*** 4428: former location of residence
*** 4430–4438: former location of parking lot
*** 4440: former location of [[McElwain Baptist Church]] (built 1929, used as "deaf chapel" 1982–)
*** 4444–4446: former location of [[McElwain Baptist Church]] education building (built 1952)
* [[Gladstone Avenue]] intersection (west only)
** 4447: [[Preschool Partners]], former location of [[McElwain Elementary School]] (1901-2008)
* [[Swallow Lane]] intersection (east only)
* [[Shades Creek]] tributary crossing
** 4476: [[Winn-Dixie]]
* [[Grace Baker Road]] intersection (west only)
** 4496: [[Havoline Xpress Lube]]
** 4500: [[Shops on Montevallo]]
*** [[Shangri-La]]
*** Subway
*** Papa John's
*** former location of [[Bombay Connection]]
*** former location of [[Big B Drugs]]
*** [[Birmingham Public Library Eastwood Branch]]
*** [[Juarez Boxing]] (2013-)
* [[Maryland Avenue]] intersection (east only)
** former site of [[Starlite Drive-In]], [[Eastwood]]
** 4565: [[The Vine Birmingham]], former location of [[Trinity Presbyterian Church (Eastwood)|Trinity Presbyterian Church]] (1971-2014), [[The Joyful News Church]] (2019)
* [[Oporto Madrid Boulevard]] (north) / [[Redwood Street]] (south) intersection
** 4600: [[Express Oil Change]]/[[Tire Engineers]]
** 4616: [[Dunbar Sales Co.]]
* [[Rosewood Street]] intersection (south only)
** 4628: [[Produce Connection]]
* [[Oporto Way]] intersection (north only)
* [[Alpine Street]] intersection (south only)
 
====[[Eastwood]] neighborhood====
* [[Bush Street]] intersection (south only)
** 4739: [[Community of Christ]], former location of [[Wesleyan Methodist Church]], [[Springdale Wesleyan Church]] (1971, 1983)
* [[Chestnut Street]] intersects
** 4800: former location of [[Hope Lutheran Church]] (closed c. 2020)
* [[Daly Street]] intersects (south only)
* [[Elder Street]] intersects
* [[Montclair Road]] intersects
** 4901: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 26]]
** 4941: [[St Martin's in the Pines]]
** 4965: [[Comfort Inn Birmingham-Irondale]]
** 4985: [[Park Inn Birmingham Airport]] / [[Birmingham Garden Inn]]
* [[Crestwood Boulevard]] ([[U.S. Highway 78]]) intersects
* [[I-20]] interchange ([[I-20 Exit 132]])
 
===[[Irondale]]===
* [[I-20]] interchange ([[I-20 Exit 132]])
** [[Bush Cemetery]]
* [[Monticello Street]] (west) / [[Monticello Road]] (east) intersect
* [[McCoy Street]] intersects (west only)
* [[Marion Drive]] intersects (south only)
* [[Lawrence Street]] intersects (west only)
* [[Montevallo Park Road]] (north) / [[Vetavia Street]]<!--sic--> (south) intersect
* [[15th Street South Irondale]] intersects (south only)
* road terminates at [[16th Street South Irondale]]


===Shelby County===
===Shelby County===

Revision as of 17:23, 26 December 2023

Montevallo Road is the name given to more than one pioneer-era road from settlements around Jones Valley toward the town of Montevallo, a trading center that became more important to the Birmingham District's coal and iron producers as the northernmost railroad connection to the naval works in Selma with the opening of the Alabama & Tennessee River Railroad in 1853.

Parts of Montevallo Road were also on the Nashville to Montgomery Road, which intersected Georgia Road at Red Gap near the Irondale Furnace.

The section of Montevallo Road originating at Irondale still bears the name from an eastern terminus at 16th Street, through the Eastwood section of Birmingham, through Crestline Heights in northern Mountain Brook, past the southern edge of the Country Club of Birmingham through the center of Mountain Brook Village to the western edge of Mountain Brook where it becomes Hollywood Boulevard at the Birmingham city limits, just prior to crossing Highway 280.

The Montevallo Road originating at the town of Elyton ran due south toward Oxmoor Road, and still bears the name for a section between Dennison Avenue and Shannon-Oxmoor Road, where it joins the road from Irondale and follows Little Shades Creek toward Brock's Gap.

Another section picks up as part of Alabama Highway 119 at U. S. Highway 31 in Alabaster and continues south. A third section exists, again as part of Alabama Highway 119, in Leeds from Ashville Road (just off Parkway Drive) southwest to where it becomes Eastern Valley Road.

In Bibb County a 15-mile section of Alabama State Highway 25 running from Centreville north as far as the Shelby County line toward Montevallo is also called Montevallo Road.

Notable locations

Homewood

Mountain Brook

Birmingham

Crestline neighborhood

Eastwood neighborhood

Irondale

Shelby County

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