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'''Valley Creek''' is a 46-mile-long stream draining 257 square miles of western [[Jones Valley]].
'''Valley Creek''' is a 46-mile-long stream draining 257 square miles of western [[Jones Valley]].


It originates from [[Green Springs]] and [[George Ward Park]] and flows westward toward [[Bessemer]], then bends northward, emptying the [[Black Warrior River]] near [[Camp Oliver]], below the confluence of [[Locust Fork]] and [[Mulberry Fork]].
The stream originates from various springs and drainage basins in west and southwest Birmingham, and and is covered over for most of its course until emerging at a headwall near the intersection of [[7th Street North|7th Street]] and [[4th Terrace North]] at the western terminus of [[5th Avenue North]].
 
The creek then flows southwest toward the northern edge of [[Bessemer]], then bends northward, emptying the [[Black Warrior River]] near [[Camp Oliver]], below the confluence of [[Locust Fork]] and [[Mulberry Fork]].


West of [[Center Street]] in [[Birmingham]] the creek divides streets named "west" from those called "southwest".
West of [[Center Street]] in [[Birmingham]] the creek divides streets named "west" from those called "southwest".
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==Points along Valley Creek==
==Points along Valley Creek==
* [[Center Street North]] (bridge)
* former [[John Smith plantation]]
* [[Elyton]]
* [[Princeton Parkway]] (bridge)
* [[Rickwood Field]]
* [[Lomb Avenue]] (bridge)
* [[Fayette Avenue Southwest]] (bridge)
* [[Alabama State Fairgrounds]]
* [[Alabama State Fairgrounds]]
* [[Cooper Green Housing Community]]
* [[Avenue W]] (bridge)
* [[South Park Road Southwest]] (bridge)
* [[A. G. Gaston Boys and Girls Club]]
* [[N. H. Price Elementary School]]
* [[Nabors Branch]] (tributary)
* [[Nabors Branch]] (tributary)
* [[Alameda Avenue Southwest]] (bridge)
* [[West Side Golf Course]]
* [[West Side Golf Course]]
* [[B. Y. Williams, Sr Drive]] (bridge)
* [[Midfield High School]]
* [[Midfield High School]]
* [[Hawkins Spring]]/[[Midfield Park]]
* [[Hawkins Spring]]/[[Midfield Park]]
* [[Cairo Avenue]] (bridge)
* [[Wintergreen Avenue]] (bridge)
* [[Valhalla Cemetery]]
* [[Valhalla Cemetery]]
* [[Bessemer Super Highway]] (bridge)
* [[Brighton Road]]/[[Jaybird Road]] (bridge)
* [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]] (bridge)
* [[Opossum Creek]] (tributary)
* [[19th Street North Bessemer]] (bridge)
* [[15th Street North Bessemer]] (bridge)
* [[Murphy's Lane]] (bridge)
* [[Halls Creek]] (tributary)
* [[Talley mounds]]
* [[Jonesboro]]
* proposed [[Northern Beltline]] crossing
* [[Valley Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant]]
* [[Powder Plant Road]] (bridge)
* [[Fivemile Creek (Eastern Valley)]] (tributary)
* [[Little Blue Creek]] (tributary)
* [[Johns Road]] (bridge)
* [[Blue Creek]] (tributary)
* [[Black Branch]] (tributary)
* [[Johnson Branch]] (tributary)
* [[Lick Creek]] (tributary)
* [[Lick Branch]] (tributary)
* [[Raccoon Branch]] (tributary)
* [[Rock Creek]] (tributary)
* [[Toadvine Road]] (bridge)
* [[Panther Branch]] (tributary)
* [[Mud Creek]] (tributary)
* [[Mud Creek]] (tributary)
* [[Blue Creek]] (tributary)
* [[Sexton's Branch]] (tributary)
* [[Five Mile Creek]] (tributary)
* [[Cedar Creek]] (tributary)
* [[Opossum Creek]] (tributary)
* proposed [[Northern Beltline]] crossing between [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]] and [[Powder Plant Road]]
* [[Big Branch]] (tributary)
* [[Big Branch]] (tributary)
* [[Hall's Creek]] (tributary)
* former [[John Smith plantation]]
* [[Elyton]]
* crossing of [[Bessemer Super Highway]]
* [[Valley Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant]]
* [[Jonesboro]]
* [[Talley mounds]]
* [[Adger]]

Revision as of 16:09, 21 August 2014

Valley Creek is a 46-mile-long stream draining 257 square miles of western Jones Valley.

The stream originates from various springs and drainage basins in west and southwest Birmingham, and and is covered over for most of its course until emerging at a headwall near the intersection of 7th Street and 4th Terrace North at the western terminus of 5th Avenue North.

The creek then flows southwest toward the northern edge of Bessemer, then bends northward, emptying the Black Warrior River near Camp Oliver, below the confluence of Locust Fork and Mulberry Fork.

West of Center Street in Birmingham the creek divides streets named "west" from those called "southwest".

Birmingham's first sewer system, a 15-mile network of brick tunnels constructed in the 1880s, flowed out into Valley Creek about two miles south of the city limits.

Points along Valley Creek

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