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==Notable locations (west to east)==
==Notable locations (west to east)==
===Birmingham===
===Birmingham===
* merges with/splits from [[5th Avenue South]]
* boulevard merges with/splits from [[5th Avenue South]]
** [[Crestwood Park]]
** [[Crestwood Park]]
** 5500: [[Crestwood Tavern]], former location of [[Frostop Root Beer]] (1960s), [[Going Jesse]] restaurant (1960s), [[Mama Mia's Spaghettini]], [[La Mancha's]],  [[Bachelor's Three]] nightclub (late 1960s), [[Lochamy's BBQ]] (late 1960s), [[Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q]] (early 1970s), [[El Gringo's]] (1970s-1980s), [[Crestwood Grill]], [[Playas del Nayarit]], [[Michoacan]]
** 5500: [[Crestwood Tavern]], former location of [[Frostop Root Beer]] (1960s), [[Going Jesse]] restaurant (1960s), [[Mama Mia's Spaghettini]], [[La Mancha's]],  [[Bachelor's Three]] nightclub (late 1960s), [[Lochamy's BBQ]] (late 1960s), [[Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q]] (early 1970s), [[El Gringo's]] (1970s-1980s), [[Crestwood Grill]], [[Playas del Nayarit]], [[Michoacan]]
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*** 7309: [[Food$mart]] (2001–), former location of [[Western Supermarket]] (-2001)
*** 7309: [[Food$mart]] (2001–), former location of [[Western Supermarket]] (-2001)
** 7400: [[Aldi]]
** 7400: [[Aldi]]
** 7401: former site of [[Gulas Supper Club]] and Hooters
** 7401: former site of [[Gulas Supper Club]] and [[Hooters]]
* intersection with [[Cresthill Road]]
 
* [[Cresthill Road]] intersects
** 7500: [[Red Mountain Motorsports]], former location of [[BMW Motorcycles of Birmingham]] (2011-2015)
** 7500: [[Red Mountain Motorsports]], former location of [[BMW Motorcycles of Birmingham]] (2011-2015)
** 7505-7523: [[Village East Shopping Center]]
** 7505-7523: [[Village East Shopping Center]]
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** 7641: [[Goo-Goo Wash]]
** 7641: [[Goo-Goo Wash]]
** 7665: former location of [[Lovable Pet Center]] (1983)
** 7665: former location of [[Lovable Pet Center]] (1983)
* intersection with [[Oporto-Madrid Boulevard]]
 
* [[Oporto-Madrid Boulevard]] intersects
** [[Century Park East]]
** [[Century Park East]]
** [[Eastwood Village]] (former site of [[Eastwood Mall]])
** [[Eastwood Village]] (former site of [[Eastwood Mall]])
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** 7960: [[Royal Paints]] / [[Art Sign Co.]], former location of [[Layton Environmental Engineering]] (1993)
** 7960: [[Royal Paints]] / [[Art Sign Co.]], former location of [[Layton Environmental Engineering]] (1993)
** 7964: [[Family Auto Sales]]
** 7964: [[Family Auto Sales]]
* intersection with [[Montclair Road]] and [[16th Street South (Irondale)]]
 
* [[Montclair Road]] and [[16th Street South (Irondale)]] intersect


===[[Irondale]]===
===[[Irondale]]===
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** 4678: [[Eastwood Animal Clinic]]
** 4678: [[Eastwood Animal Clinic]]
** 4797: [[Shell]] gas station
** 4797: [[Shell]] gas station
* [[Old Leeds Road]] intersection, [[I-20]] access
* [[Old Leeds Road]] intersects, [[I-20]] access


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 14:35, 28 October 2020

Crestwood Boulevard is the section of U. S. Highway 78 running from 5th Avenue South and 47th Street to somewhere near John Rogers Drive in Irondale. It is so-named because it traverses the Crestwood neighborhood before crossing Red Mountain just south of Red Gap.

East of Montevallo Road the Boulevard follows a route more or less parallel to I-20.

The section of Crestwood Boulevard between Irondale and Crestwood Festival Center was landscaped in preparation for the 1996 Olympic Games. Gradco, Inc. was paid $26,000 to install new plantings specified by landscape architect Mike Kirk to continue the style used already in Irondale.

In April 2019 the Birmingham City Council approved 20% matching funds to commission a Crestwood APPLE Study/Crestwood Boulevard Corridor Study through the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham to determine of the Boulevard could be redesigned according to "complete street" principles, with improved access for pedestrian and bicycle traffic.

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Notable locations (west to east)

Birmingham

Irondale

References

  • Hulen, Tara (March 13, 1996) "Eastwood to spruce up for Olympics." The Birmingham News
  • Chambers, Jesse (April 5, 2018) "Two city councilors eye stretch of Highway 78 as 'complete street'." Iron City Ink
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