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** south side:
** south side:
*** 3401-3431: parking lot, former location of [[Birmingham Railway Supply Co.]] rolling mill
*** 3401-3431: parking lot, former location of [[Birmingham Railway Supply Co.]] rolling mill
**** 3401: former location of [[Westinghouse Electric Co.]]  repair department (1953)
**** 3415: former location of [[Consolidated Dairies]] (1953)


* [[35th Street South]] intersects
* [[35th Street South]] intersects
** north side:
** north side:
*** 3500: [[Lee-Rodgers Tire Company]]
*** 3500: [[Lee-Rodgers Tire Company]], former location of [[Harvey Ragland Co.]] wholesale grocers (1953)
** south side:
** south side:
*** 3521: [[FinishMaster]]
*** 3521: [[FinishMaster]]
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=== [[Forest Park-South Avondale]]===
=== [[Forest Park-South Avondale]]===
* [[37th Street South]] intersects
* [[37th Street South]] intersects
** 3709: [[Bryant & Company]] contractors
** north side:
** 3719: [[Rodney Scott's BBQ]], former location of [[Mikatam]], [[New Gizmo]], [[Misconceptions]], [[Za Za Zann]], and [[Bottletree]] (2006-2015), [[Saigon Noodle House]] (June 2016-August 2018)  
*** 3716: former location of [[Jett Plumbing Co.]] ([[Arthur Jett]] 1953)
** 3621: [[Dale Inc.]] showroom & warehouse, former location of [[Alabama Mill Store]], [[Hancock Fabrics]]
** south side:
*** 3709: [[Bryant & Company]] contractors, former location of [[B & B Construction Co.]] (1953)
*** 3711: former location of [[Archie Sullivan]] building contractor (1953)
*** 3715: former location of [[A. F. Speed Co.]] painters & decorators (1953)
*** 3719: [[Rodney Scott's BBQ]], former location of [[Acme Flooring Co.]] (1953), [[Mikatam]], [[New Gizmo]], [[Misconceptions]], [[Za Za Zann]], and [[Bottletree]] (2006-2015), [[Saigon Noodle House]] (June 2016-August 2018)  
*** 3621: [[Dale Inc.]] showroom & warehouse, former location of [[Alabama Mill Store]], [[Hancock Fabrics]]


* [[38th Street South]] intersects
* [[38th Street South]] intersects
** 3800: [[Temple of Hope Baptist Church]]
** 3800: [[Temple of Hope Baptist Church]], former location of [[Avondale Pilgrim Church]] (1953)
** 3804: [[Saw's BBQ|Saw's BBQ Franchising]] offices (2019-)
** 3804: [[Saw's BBQ|Saw's BBQ Franchising]] offices (2019-)
** 3820: [[Amalgamated Transit Union]]
** 3820: [[Amalgamated Transit Union]]
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*** [[Winslet & Rhys]]
*** [[Winslet & Rhys]]
** 4003: [[Head to Tail Animal Care]]
** 4003: [[Head to Tail Animal Care]]
** 4030: [[Hi-Tec Auto Service]], former location of [[Soi Pham]]
** 4009: former location of [[Avondale Presbyterian Church]] (1953)
** 4017: former location of [[The Avon]] apartments (1953)
** 4030: [[Hi-Tec Auto Service]], former location of [[Avondale Service Station]] (1953), [[Soi Pham]]


* [[41st Street South]] intersects
* [[41st Street South]] intersects
** 4100: [[The Wooden Goat]] (2016-), former location of [[Prestige Imports]]
** north side:
** 4101: Chevron Station (former location of [[Becky's Deli]])
*** 4100: [[Avondale Common House]], former location of [[Prestige Imports]], [[The Wooden Goat]] (2016-)
** 4120: [[Avondale Business Center]] ([[Boxcar Vape]], [[Wasabi Juan's]], AllState Insurance, [[Ave Maria African Hair Braiding]])
*** 4120: [[Avondale Business Center]] ([[Boxcar Vape]], [[Wasabi Juan's]], AllState Insurance, [[Ave Maria African Hair Braiding]])
** 4121: [[Box Row]] (proposed), formerly the [[Star Motel|Anchor Motel]] and [[Star Motel]]
*** 4130: [[Acme Flooring]]
** 4130: [[Acme Flooring]]
** south side
*** 4101: Chevron Station (former location of [[Becky's Deli]])
*** 4107: former location of [[Duplicate Receipt Book Co.]] (1953)
*** 4121: [[Box Row]] (proposed), former location of [[Roebuck Motel No. 3]] (1953), [[Star Motel|Anchor Motel]], [[Star Motel]]


=== [[Forest Park]]/[[East Avondale]] ===
=== [[Forest Park]]/[[East Avondale]] ===
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** former site of [[Avondale School]]
** former site of [[Avondale School]]
** north side:
** north side:
*** 4244: [[Workshops Inc]], former location of [[Jefferson County Association for the Blind]] (1953)
*** 4248-4252: [[Avondale Gardens Apartments]] (built 2003)
** south side:
*** 4201-4221:  
*** 4201-4221:  
*** 4231: Former location of [[Estetica Unisex Lolis]] salon
*** 4231: Former location of [[Estetica Unisex Lolis]] salon
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*** 4241-4261:  
*** 4241-4261:  
**** 4261: former location of [[Genry's Barber Shop]] (2010s)
**** 4261: former location of [[Genry's Barber Shop]] (2010s)
*** 4275: [[Avondale I Apartments]]
*** 4269-4277: [[Avondale I Apartments]], former location of [[Avolyn Court Apartments]] (1953)
*** 4285: [[Industrial Diesel Hydraulics]] (2015-), former location of [[Birmingham Plastic Pipe & Supply]]
*** 4285: [[Industrial Diesel Hydraulics]] (2015-), former location of [[Birmingham Plastic Pipe & Supply]]
** south side:
*** 4244: [[Workshops Inc]]
*** 4248-4252: [[Avondale Gardens Apartments]] (built 2003)


=== [[East Avondale]] ===
=== [[East Avondale]] ===

Revision as of 14:46, 19 January 2020

3rd Avenue South (originally Avenue C) is an east-west avenue in Birmingham. It continues U. S. Highway 78 westbound from Crestwood Boulevard (via an angled section of 5th Avenue South) through Avondale and into the City Center. Beginning at 36th Street the avenue is one-way westbound with three lanes of traffic.

US 78 turns north off of 3rd Avenue at 24th Street, continuing west along 8th Avenue North toward Arkadelphia Road. 3rd Avenue South proceeds through Midtown Birmingham, becoming an onramp to I-65 North after it crosses 12th Street South.

The avenue picks up again in Titusville as 3rd Avenue Southwest, a two-lane residential street running between Omega Street and Martin Luther King, Jr Drive at Elmwood Cemetery.

In Woodlawn and East Lake additional sections of 3rd Avenue South can be found. One runs for less than a block off of 59th Street South south of Georgia Road. Another picks up at 61st Street South and runs into the I-20 right of way just past 64th Street South. It picks up at 64th Place South on the other side of the interstate and continues to 67th Street South, where it ends in the turn a block shy of the Cascade Plunge. On the other side of the proposed Druid Hollow Park 3rd Avenue continues as a residential street between 70th Street South and 86th Street South. The alley between 2nd and 3rd Avenue in this area is promoted as a Musician's Hollow by the East Lake Arts District.

MAX Transit Route 17 runs along parts of 3rd Avenue South in Avondale.

History

3rd Avenue South was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic from 32nd Street to 14th Street in August 1955. The west-only traffic pattern was extended to I-65 in 1973 by the Alabama Department of Transportation's TOPICS (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 3rd Avenue South category.

South Titusville

Five Points South neighborhood

Southside neighborhood

Forest Park-South Avondale

Forest Park/East Avondale

East Avondale

South Woodlawn

South East Lake

Locations on 3rd Avenue Southwest

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