Tuscaloosa Avenue

Tuscaloosa Avenue or Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest is a major east-west street in West End, and a remnant of Tuscaloosa Road, which crossed the Huntsville Road, Georgia Road (Cotton Avenue), Arkadelphia Road, and other roads leading to Jasper and Selma at Elyton in the 1800s. It was alternately known as High Street or Main Street within Elyton. After the town's annexation by Birmingham, it became a continuation of 2nd Avenue North, running west from Center Street to 17th Street Southwest, where it merges with Pearson Avenue Southwest at Berney Points.

Most of the street runs within the Arlington-West End neighborhood, with the western end reaching into Oakwood Place.

Three blocks of Tuscaloosa Avenue, between 7th and 10th Avenue Southwest are owned by Baptist Medical Center Princeton. The Birmingham City Council approved a resolution to close that section on August 3, 2010, but Alley's Drugs owner Dave Alley filed a lawsuit which led to a temporary injection.

Notable addresses

• Center Street North intersects (street continues east as 2nd Avenue North in Smithfield)
  • 6: Elyton Elementrary School (1907), former site of Elyton Courthouse and Elyton Jail (1820-73)
• 1st Street Southwest intersection (south only)
  • 101-139: Park Manor Apartments
• 2nd Street Southwest intersects
  • 201-239: Park Manor Apartments
  • 220: House of Restoration United Methodist Church (1996–), formerly Walker Memorial United Methodist Church (–1992), New Community United Methodist Church (1992–1996)
• 3rd Street Southwest intersection (north only
  • 300: L. W. Coffee residence (1909)
  • 304: L. K. Terrell residence (1909)
  • 312: R. H. Hagood residence (1909)
  • 316: D. H. Smith residence (1909)
  • 320: Kids First Development Academy
• 4th Street Southwest intersects
  • 401: Gardner Professional Building
  • 402: Savanah's Food Stores, former location of West End Food, Meat & Fish Market
  • 408: Rose Garden Apartments
  • 411: Tuscaloosa Manor Apartments
  • 416-422: retail block (1935), former site of Great A & P Tea Company
    • 416: Handy Cash
    • 418: Taxx Enterprise, former location of Mobley's Food Lane (1949)
    • 420: Salaam West barber & style shop
    • 422: Gus Headhunter unisex salon
• 5th Street Southwest intersects (north only)
  • 500: former location of College Street Lunch Room (1928)
  • 507: former location of West End Pressing Paroling & Shoe Hospital (1925)
  • 516: Internal Medicine Affiliates
  • 520: former location of Raymond J. Horn School of Drafting (1974)
  • 521: Muhammad Mosque No. 69, Nation of Islam
  • 534: Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
  • 543: Ron Hatcher's Transmission
• 6th Street Southwest intersects (south only)
  • 600: Living Word Faith Church
  • 632: CVS Pharmacy
• Lomb Avenue Southwest intersects
  • 633: one-story commercial building, Oak Street Health (2022–), former location of Alley's Drugs (1984–2015), Queen's Beauty Supply (2019–)
  • 643: former location of Empire Building Co. (1961)
  • 662: former location of Pasquale's Food Co. of Alabama, Inc. (1961)
  • Princeton Baptist Medical Center
  • 706-710: former location of Birmingham Infirmary (1914)
  • 917: Dee R. Denson medical office
  • 929: former location of Shepherd Plumbing Co. (1949)
• 10th Street Southwest intersects

1986 view looking west from 10th Avenue Southwest

• • Park Manor Apartments
  • 1001: Dr Joe's Bike Shop & Mower Repair
  • 1002: former location of Rickerby Cottage (built 1890)
  • 1009–1021: Renro Apartments
  • 1010: Boger & Solomon physicians
  • 1020: Arlington Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
  • 1029: former location of Insecta Pest Control
  • 1036: former location of Prescription Shop (1949)
  • 1040: former location of Ideal Shoe Service (1949)
  • 1050: former location of West End Radio Co. (1949)
• 11th Street Southwest intersects
  • 1100: former location of West End Sundries and soda fountain (1949)
  • 1101: former location of First Call Heating & Air Conditioning
  • 1105: former location of Zenith Cleaners (1941)
  • 1116: Sheba Food
  • 1125: former location of Colonial Stores grocery store
  • 1133: Mt Calvary Baptist Church, formerly West End Baptist Church
  • 1136: Cadillac Service
• 12th Street Southwest intersects (MAX Transit Route 1)
  • 1200: Birmingham Office of Peace & Policy (August 1, 2017-), former location of AmSouth Bank, JCCEO
  • 1201–1203: parking lot, former location of barber shop / Lil Joe's In & Out convenience store
  • 1217–1229: vacant lot, former location of apartment complex
  • 1232: former location of West End Realty and Insurance Co. (1934)
  • 1234: former location of Forbes Five & Ten (1949)
  • 1236: former location of Nautilus Training Center men's gymnasium (1974)
  • 1238: former location of Brown's Barber Shop (1974)
  • 1301-1303: Former location of West End Theater (1959) and Spivey's Hobby and Toys
  • 1302: former location of Chase & Jones Hardware Co. (1949)
  • 1305: Family Dollar #9277
  • 1307: former location of Roland's Cafe (re-opened 1944)
  • 1308: Cahaba Medical Care, former location of West End Health Center (Jefferson County Department of Health) (1996-2015)
  • 1325: former location of Johny Johnson Studio photographers (1949)
  • 1328: former location of Henry L. Beckman & Co. resilient flooring (1949)
  • 1334: former location of Levy's (1960)
  • 1337: U.S. Post Office West End Station
  • 1343: former location of West End Jewelry Co. (1949)
  • 1346: West End Masonic Temple (1926-1998)
  • 1348: West End Library
• 14th Street Southwest intersects (MAX Transit Route 3)
  • 1400: Automatic Ice & Beverage
  • 1404: former location of Skelton's dry goods (1949)
  • 1429-1433: Apartment complex
• 15th Place Southwest intersects (Oakwood Place neighborhood boundary to north)
  • 1562: Quick & Easy Food Mart
• 16th Place Southwest intersects (Oakwood Place neighborhood both sides)
  • 1632: Neighborhood Outreach Ministry
  • 1690: former location of Burger In A Hurry
  • 1696: Stewart Insurance
  • 1697: Piggly Wiggly
  • 1698: Our Future Child Care Center, former location of Burks Drug Store (1949)
• 17th Street Southwest intersects at Berney Points (merges into Pearson Avenue Southwest)