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''For an alphabetical list of locations, see the [[:Category:1st Avenue North|1st Avenue North category]]. | ''For an alphabetical list of locations, see the [[:Category:1st Avenue North|1st Avenue North category]]. | ||
===[[Smithfield | ===[[Smithfield]]=== | ||
* [[Center Street North]] | * [[Center Street North]] | ||
:* 830: [[Rib-It-Up]] | :* 830: [[Rib-It-Up]] | ||
* [[I-65]] (between [[10th Street North]] and [[11th Street North]] | * [[I-65]] (between [[10th Street North]] and [[11th Street North]] | ||
===[[Fountain Heights | ===[[Fountain Heights]]=== | ||
* [[14th Street North|14th Street]] intersection ([[Catch-out Corner]]) | * [[14th Street North|14th Street]] intersection ([[Catch-out Corner]]) | ||
* [[17th Street North|17th Street]] intersection | * [[17th Street North|17th Street]] intersection | ||
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* [[19th Street North|19th Street]] intersection | * [[19th Street North|19th Street]] intersection | ||
:* 1900: former location of [[Morris Hotel]] and [[Morris Jewelers]] | :* 1900: former location of [[Morris Hotel]] and [[Morris Jewelers]] | ||
:* 1902: former location of [[Marvin Hawkins Pen Store]] | |||
:* 1904: [[Corporate Realty Development]] | :* 1904: [[Corporate Realty Development]] | ||
:* 1909: Allright parking garage (former site of [[Allen Building]] and [[Lighthouse]] nightclub) | :* 1909: Allright parking garage (former site of [[Allen Building]] and [[Lighthouse]] nightclub) | ||
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:* 2013: [[McAdory Building]] | :* 2013: [[McAdory Building]] | ||
:* 2015: [[Caldwell-Milner Building]] | :* 2015: [[Caldwell-Milner Building]] | ||
:* 2017: former offices of [[Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett Architects]] | :* 2017: former offices of [[Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett Architects]] and location of [[Mazer's Office & Store Equipment]] | ||
:* 2027: [[Protective Life building]] ([[Commerce Center]]) | :* 2027: [[Protective Life building]] ([[Commerce Center]]) | ||
* [[21st Street North|21st Street]] intersection ([[Rainbow Viaduct]]) | * [[21st Street North|21st Street]] intersection ([[Rainbow Viaduct]]) | ||
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* [[Carraway Boulevard]] intersection | * [[Carraway Boulevard]] intersection | ||
===[[North Avondale | ===[[North Avondale]]=== | ||
* 2600-3400: [[1st Avenue North Viaduct]] | * 2600-3400: [[1st Avenue North Viaduct]] | ||
** 2800-3100 blocks: [[Sloss Furnaces]] | ** 2800-3100 blocks: [[Sloss Furnaces]] | ||
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* 4265: [[Kingdom Kare]] | * 4265: [[Kingdom Kare]] | ||
===[[Woodlawn | ===[[Woodlawn]]=== | ||
* 4811: [[Bachus Engineering]] | * 4811: [[Bachus Engineering]] | ||
* 4924: [[One Stop Environmental]] | * 4924: [[One Stop Environmental]] | ||
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* 6021: [[Pacific Seafood]] | * 6021: [[Pacific Seafood]] | ||
===[[Wahouma | ===[[Wahouma]]/[[East Lake]]=== | ||
* 6100-6300 blocks: [[Interstate 20]] interchange | * 6100-6300 blocks: [[Interstate 20]] interchange | ||
* 6200: former location of [[Fadely's Drug Store]] | * 6200: former location of [[Fadely's Drug Store]] | ||
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* 7718: former location of [[Sligh Coal & Transfer Company]] | * 7718: former location of [[Sligh Coal & Transfer Company]] | ||
===[[North East Lake | ===[[North East Lake]]/[[South East Lake]]=== | ||
* 7901: [[St Barnabas School]] | * 7901: [[St Barnabas School]] | ||
* 8000-8200 blocks: [[Interstate 59]] interchange | * 8000-8200 blocks: [[Interstate 59]] interchange |
Revision as of 10:45, 5 July 2009
First Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The westernmost section by that name ends at Center Street, although the road continues further west as Cotton Avenue Southwest. The easternmost section ends at West Boulevard along Roebuck Municipal Golf Course. First Avenue North is the only east-west Birmingham street to run continuously from Center Street to Roebuck. It is also a two-way street for its entire length, the majority of which is four to five lanes wide.
Between Carraway Boulevard (formerly 26th Street) and 34th Street, 1st Avenue is on a viaduct which runs beside Sloss Furnaces. Between 42nd Street and 44th Street, 1st Avenue is separated from Messer Airport Highway by only a narrow, landscaped median. Messer Airport Highway is not accessible from 1st at this point, the closest links being 41st Street and 45th Place North. Two gas stations at either end of the narrow median use concrete barriers to prevent motorists from cutting through. First Avenue is also a primary street through the Woodlawn neighborhood.
U.S. Highway 11 runs along 1st Avenue from 9th Street in the east to between 86th and 87th Streets in the west. At this point in the west, the road forks, with Highway 11 continuing along Parkway East while 1st Avenue, the lesser route, continues for a block and a half to West Boulevard. U.S. Highway 78 also runs along 1st Avenue between 9th Street and 24th Street.
In addition, 1st Avenue is fully accessible from and to Interstate 59. It is directly accessible from Interstate 20 eastbound and provides direct access to I-20 westbound. It is accessible from the northbound side of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (Highways 31 and 280). It passes under Interstate 65 without providing any access.
The curbstones installed in the early 20th century on 1st Avenue North between 18th and 21st Streets were quarried in Lane Park.
See also
Notable locations
For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 1st Avenue North category.
Smithfield
- 830: Rib-It-Up
- I-65 (between 10th Street North and 11th Street North
Fountain Heights
- 14th Street intersection (Catch-out Corner)
- 17th Street intersection
- 1709: former location of He & She Scene nightclub
- 1710: Birmingham Police Headquarters
- 1731: Center for Regional Planning and Design
- 18th Street intersection
- 1820: former Tanner & Elledye saloon
- 1827: Jemison Flats/Stallings Building (Giattina Fisher Architecture Studio), formerly the Chamber of Commerce Building. Former site of the Chalifoux Building
- 1840: former location of O'Brien Opera House
Central City neighborhood
- 19th Street intersection
- 1900: former location of Morris Hotel and Morris Jewelers
- 1902: former location of Marvin Hawkins Pen Store
- 1904: Corporate Realty Development
- 1909: Allright parking garage (former site of Allen Building and Lighthouse nightclub)
- 1913-17: former location of Britling Cafeteria No. 1
- 1918: former location of Peddinghaus Studio and Alabama Gas Corporation building
- 1922: former location of Porter's Clothing
- 1926: Toby's (formerly Top that Chick, Chris' Place Café Seven Seas Seafood and Empire Steak House)
- 1927: Woodward Building, (former location of MetroBank)
- 1928: Empire Building (former site of Bank Saloon)
- 20th Street intersection: Heaviest Corner on Earth
- 2000: Brown Marx Building (former site of National Bank of Birmingham building)
- 2001: John A. Hand Building
- 2013: McAdory Building
- 2015: Caldwell-Milner Building
- 2017: former offices of Sutcliffe, Armstrong & Willett Architects and location of Mazer's Office & Store Equipment
- 2027: Protective Life building (Commerce Center)
- 21st Street intersection (Rainbow Viaduct)
- 2100: Landmark Building (former site of Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Building)
- 2101: Steiner Building (KPS Group), (former site of William Nabors residence)
- 2106-8: former location of Doster-Northington Drug Co.
- 2121: Body & Soul Fitness
- 22nd Street intersection
- 2200: Wine Loft, former location of the Caldwell Hotel
- 2202: Goodall-Brown Lofts
- 2201: Transportation Building (Wee Care Academy)
- 2209: The Fanaei Building (formerly Slater Sales)
- 2213: former location of Steve Watson Restaurant
- 2226: former location of Europa
- 23rd Street intersection
- 2310: Neighborhood Market
- 2316-2318: The Avenues Lofts
- 2325: Phillip Griffith Photography
- 2329: Wooten Lofts
- 24th Street intersection
- 2400: United Trophy & Specialties
- 2401: Security Bonded Warehouse (former Royal Cup building)
- 2411: ABC Foodservice Equipment
- 2413: From Darkness to Light Biblical Counseling Ministries
- 2416: Johnson Lofts (Johnson D. C. & Co building)
- 2420: Mr Burch formal wear
- 2425: Dixie Fixtures
- 2429: Blackwell Furniture/BB's China and Glassware
- 25th Street intersection
- 2500: Roger's Trading Company Building (Vazda Studios, Intermark Interactive, formerly Crawford Ford and Roger's Army Navy Store)
- Red Mountain Expressway overpass (former site of Birmingham Farmer's Market)
- Carraway Boulevard intersection
North Avondale
- 2600-3400: 1st Avenue North Viaduct
- 2800-3100 blocks: Sloss Furnaces
- 3300: U.S. Pipe headquarters
- 3400: Concordia Club
- 3401: Sloss Docks
- 3600: Birmingham Water Works
- 3700: City Paper (City Ad Specialties, PaperWorks Outlet)
- 3921: M & M Barbecue
- 4265: Kingdom Kare
Woodlawn
- 4811: Bachus Engineering
- 4924: One Stop Environmental
- 5310: Woodlawn Post Office
- 5349: former location of The Red Nek/Wheeler Dealer
- 5416: Langner Building
- 5422: Dino's Hot Dogs
- 5434: Woodlawn United Methodist Church
- 5500: Mason Building/Woodrow Hall
- 5505: Boehm Buildings
- 5525: Woodlawn City Hall
- 5528: Smiles for Keeps
- 5530: Vincent Oliver's Hippodrome Barber Shop
- 5535: City Meats, formerly Mill's Restaurant
- 5601: Ken Del Building, former location of King's Catfish
- 5620: Woodlawn High School
- 5701: Birmingham Fire Station No. 12
- 5704: Interfaith Hospitality House
- 5709: Woodlawn Library
- 5712: Grace Episcopal Church
- 6000: Sky Inn
- 6013: Carver Apartments (vacant)
- 6021: Pacific Seafood
Wahouma/East Lake
- 6100-6300 blocks: Interstate 20 interchange
- 6200: former location of Fadely's Drug Store
- 6449: Birmingham Fire Station #12
- 6712: Bama Motel
- 6800: former location of Fadely's Drug Store
- 6805: Ensley's Seafood
- 6909: Contri Brothers
- 7303: Roadside Bar BQ
- 7501: former Big B Drugs
- 7532: former location of Andrew's Bar-B-Q
- 7635: former location of Tucker's Barber Shop
- Oporto-Madrid Boulevard intersection
- 7700: former location of Bledsoe's Modern Cleaners
- 7709: former location of Wood Bros. Feed Store
- 7713: former location of C. E. Franklin Coal Yard
- 7718: former location of Sligh Coal & Transfer Company
North East Lake/South East Lake
- 7901: St Barnabas School
- 8000-8200 blocks: Interstate 59 interchange
- 8000-8300 blocks: East Lake Park
- 8301: former location of Gibbs Drug Company
- 8302: former location of Ma Camp's Cafe
- 8325: American Legion Post 171
- 8400: Express Oil Change store #27 (East Lake)
- 8401: Bob's Discount Meats
- 8420: Anchor Motel
- 8429: Double Dog Dare
- 8443: former location of Little Orphan Annie restaurant
- 8500: Green Acres Cafe, East Lake location
- 8501: former location of Porter Landrum's Service Station
- 8506: El Girasol Mexican Tienda, former location of Lou-Jac Drive-In
- 8518: Electronic Repair Company
- 8629: SOS Lounge
- West Boulevard intersection; continues east as Parkway East