22nd Street North

22nd Street North is a one-way north-south street running southbound through downtown Birmingham. The street begins as a continuation of 22nd Street South over the 22nd Street Viaduct over the Railroad Reservation. From there it continues north, under I-20/59 and through the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex and Norwood until terminating just beyond 15th Avenue North behind the former Carraway Hospital.

Another section of 22nd Street begins at 24th Avenue North, north of Village Creek, and continues across Finley Boulevard before ending at 25th Avenue Baptist Church. It resumes at 26th Avenue North for a little more than one block before it is interrupted again by the Ensley Branch Railroad. It continues across 29th Avenue North, through North Birmingham to 36th Avenue North and the campus of Carver High School. Another section picks up north of I-65 as a continuation of Trax Drive and stops before reaching Five Mile Creek near Flat Hill Baptist Church in Washington Heights.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 22nd Street North category.

• Railroad Reservation/22nd Street Viaduct over Morris Avenue (continues as 22nd Street South)
  • West side
  • East side
    • former site of Geo-Chromatic Progress mural (1978-2009)
    • Transportation Building (1925-)
      • former location of Wee Care Academy
• 1st Avenue North intersection
  • West side
  • East side
    • 101: Goodall-Brown Lofts, Wine Loft. Former location of Caldwell Hotel (1889-94), Goodall-Brown Dry Goods Company (1905-)
    • 113: Wheelock Building
• 2nd Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • Stonewall Corporation, former location of The Casino theater, also known as Walker's Casino, Mortimer's Theatre and Mortimer's Dime Theatre (1880s)
    • 216: former location of Davis Printing Co. (1923-1925)
    • 220: former location of R. E. Walthour gun and key shop (1923), Peter D. Brown restaurant (1928)
  • East side
    • Trim Salon & Grooming Lounge
    • 209-211: Waters Building
      • 209½ : Studio of Professional Arts
    • 213-215: former location of Birmingham Laundry Co. (1923)
    • Magic City Grille
• 3rd Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • St Paul's Cathedral
  • East side
    • St Paul's Cathedral parking lot, former location of the Thomson House/Mabson Hotel (1895-1961)
    • Birmingham News building (2006), former location of R. W. A. Wilda residence
• 4th Avenue North intersection
  • West side:
    • Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 4, former location of Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Company, Empire Hotel, and Land Title Company
  • East side:
    • former location of Birmingham News building (1917) (1917-2006)
    • Advance Central Services Alabama
• 5th Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • former location of Weather Forecast Office Birmingham (1885-86)
    • former location of Bryan's Lounge
  • East side
    • 517: former location of A. J. Dickinson residence, Baptist Book Store
• 6th Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • Energen Plaza parking deck, former location of T. L. Hudgins residence (1870s-)
  • East side
    • Park Place (Hope VI project), former location of First Baptist Church of Birmingham (1873-1985)
• 7th Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • Birmingham Central Library parking lot
  • East side
    • Park Place (Hope VI project)
• 8th Avenue North intersection
  • West side
    • Jefferson County Family Court
    • 2121 Building
  • East side
• Abraham Woods Boulevard intersection
  • East side
    • Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
  • West side
    • Mel Bailey Criminal Justice Center
• continues under I-20/59 (offramp from I-20/59 East to 22nd Street, southbound)
  • West side
    • Sheraton Birmingham
    • 950: Medical Forum
      • Homage to Leonardo: Vitruvian Man
      • Cox Media Group
  • East side
    • BJCC Parking Deck
    • Southeastern Conference building
• Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard North intersection
  • East side
  • West side
    • BJCC, East Exhibition Hall
• 11th Avenue North intersection
• 12th Avenue North intersection
  • 1201: Civic Center Health and Rehabilitation
  • former location of North Birmingham Water Works
• Finley Boulevard intersection
  • Truckworx Kenworth
• 26th Court North intersection
  • Tri-Fab Steel
• 31st Avenue North intersection
  • Bryant Fountain-Love Baptist Church
  • Wright's United Methodist Church
• 33rd Avenue North intersection
  • All In One Stop N Shop