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'''18th Street North''' is one of the primary [[north-south street]]s in [[downtown]] [[Birmingham]]'s [[business district]].   
'''18th Street North''' is one of the primary [[north-south street]]s in [[downtown]] [[Birmingham]]'s [[business district]].   


18th Street begins at the northern end of [[18th Street South]],  at the [[18th Street underpass]] underneath the railroad tracks of the [[Railroad Reservation]].  From there it first crosses [[Morris Avenue]] and continues north all the way to [[16th Avenue North]].  There are additional sections of the street in [[North Birmingham]] from 21st to 37th Avenue North.
18th Street begins at the northern end of [[18th Street South]],  at the [[18th Street underpass]] underneath the railroad tracks of the [[Railroad Reservation]].  From there it first crosses [[Morris Avenue]] and continues north [[Oak Hill Cemetery]] at [[11th Avenue North]]. North of the cemetery, 18th Street resumes and continues to [[17th Avenue North]]. North of [[I-65]] the street picks up at [[19th Avenue North|19th Avenue]] and crosses [[Village Creek]] before it runs into the interstate onramps at [[Finley Avenue]]. At [[24th Court North]], 18th Street resumes, paralleling I-65 as far as [[37th Avenue North]].  
 
The street serves as the eastern boundary of Birmingham's [[Civil Rights District]] between [[3rd Avenue North|3rd]] and [[8th Avenue North]]. It also serves as the border of the [[Fountain Heights]] and [[Central City neighborhood]]s south of [[9th Avenue North]] and Fountain Heights and [[Druid Hills]] north of 9th Avenue.
 
A [[1907 train accident]] occurred at the intersection of 19th Street and [[9th Avenue North]]. A notable early [[List of ballooning events|balloon ascent]] took place near the intersection with [[1st Avenue North]] in [[1891]]. The street is included on the route of the annual [[Veterans Day]] parade.


==Notable locations==
==Notable locations==
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** [[LightRails]]
** [[LightRails]]
* [[Morris Avenue]] intersection
* [[Morris Avenue]] intersection
 
** [[Birmingham Central Station]], [[Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority]] headquarters
* [[1st Avenue North]] ([[U. S. Highway 11]]) intersection
* [[1st Avenue North]] ([[U. S. Highway 11]]) intersection
 
** former site of [[Alabama Grocery Company]] (birthplace of [[Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale]])
** 112: [[Dog Days of Birmingham]] (formerly [[Hunter Furniture]])
* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection
* [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection
 
** former site of [[WBRC-AM]] studios
** [[McWane Science Center]] parking deck, former location of [[United States Court House and Post Office]] and [[Loveman's]] parking deck
** 209: former location of [[Dixie Cream Donuts]]
** 210: original location of [[Standard Furniture]]
** 217: former site of the [[Alabama Penny Savings Bank]] (1890-1913)
** [[Alabama Theatre]] stage entrance
** [[Goldstein building]]
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection
* [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection
 
** 300 [[The Parisian]], former [[Citizens Federal building]] and [[Calder's]] department store
** [[Lyric Theatre]]
** 310 [[Pythian Temple]]
** [[Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park]], former site of [[Brock's Drugs building]]
* [[4th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[4th Avenue North]] intersection
 
** West side ([[Block 62]])
** [[1729 5th Avenue North|1729]]: [[Hugo L. Black Federal Courthouse]], former site of [[Roden Hotel]], [[A & P]] grocery store, and [[Adamson Ford]]
** [[Federal Reserve building]], proposed site of [[Federal Reserve tower]
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[5th Avenue North]] intersection
 
** 500: [["Happy" John Bollas Barbecue]]
** [[Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 7]]
** [[Robert S. Vance Federal Building]]
* [[6th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[6th Avenue North]] intersection
 
** [[Alabama Power Building]]
* [[7th Avenue North]] intersection (west only)
** [[Alabama Power Company Headquarters Complex]]
 
** [[AT&T Building]]
* [[7th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[Alabama Power employees parking deck]]
* [[Reverend Abraham Woods, Jr Boulevard]] intersection
* [[Reverend Abraham Woods, Jr Boulevard]] intersection
 
** [[Alabama School of Fine Arts]]
** Passes under [[Interstate 20]]/[[Interstate 59]]
** Passes under [[Interstate 20]]/[[Interstate 59]]


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* [[11th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[11th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[Oak Hill Cemetery]]


=== [[North Birmingham]] ===
=== [[North Birmingham]] ===

Revision as of 15:20, 29 September 2013

18th Street North is one of the primary north-south streets in downtown Birmingham's business district.

18th Street begins at the northern end of 18th Street South, at the 18th Street underpass underneath the railroad tracks of the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Morris Avenue and continues north Oak Hill Cemetery at 11th Avenue North. North of the cemetery, 18th Street resumes and continues to 17th Avenue North. North of I-65 the street picks up at 19th Avenue and crosses Village Creek before it runs into the interstate onramps at Finley Avenue. At 24th Court North, 18th Street resumes, paralleling I-65 as far as 37th Avenue North.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 18th Street North category.

Fountain Heights/Central City neighborhood

Fountain Heights/Druid Hills

North Birmingham

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