24th Street South

Twenty-fourth Street South is a north-south street in Birmingham's Southside neighborhood, running from the 24th Street Viaduct over the Railroad Reservation to 10th Avenue South. Between 1st Avenue North and 4th Avenue South, 24th Street is part of U.S. Highway 78. Until the 1970s, 24th Street was also part of U.S. Highway 31 from the viaduct to 7th Avenue South.

Where 24th Street meets 10th Avenue, the road turns east and continues as 10th Avenue for one block. At the next intersection, 10th Avenue turns left (northeast) while the main road continues east as 26th Street South. Another short segment of 24th Street branches from that intersection southeast to 10th Terrace South, just within the Five Points South neighborhood. Another short segment exists as a dead end off 11th Avenue South on the other side of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, in the Highland Park neighborhood. These two segments, between 10th and 11th, were connected prior to the construction of the expressway.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 24th Street South category.

Southside

• Railroad Reservation/24th Street Viaduct (over 1st Avenue South); road continues north as 24th Street North)
  • west side
    • 02-10: former location of Riddle & Simpson's Lumber Yard (1891)
    • 12-20: former location of Moss & Morson Coal & Wood Yard (1891)
  • east side
    • 01-11: former location of Comer & Lewis High-Grade Flour Mill (1891)
    • 13-19: former location of Birmingham Boiler Works (1891)
    • 21-31: former location of Birmingham Variety Works planing mill (1891)
• Powell Avenue formerly intersected
• 1st Avenue South (formerly Avenue A) formerly intersected
  • west side:
    • 100-116:
    • 118-120:
  • east side:
    • 101-117: former location of vacant saloon (1891), R. A. Borck saloon (1904)
    • 119-131:

• 2nd Avenue South intersection
  • west side:
    • 200: Roberts Sporting Goods, former location of John Stratis restaurant (1910)
    • 230: former location of Avenue C Cafe (1928)
  • east side:
    • 231: former location of Harry Romano butcher (1925)
    • All About Trucks

• 3rd Avenue South intersection
  • west side:
    • 300: Downtown Church
  • east side:
    • 301-331: Cook Out (2020-)
      • 301-303: former location of Brunswick Hotel (built 1886)
      • 319-331: former location of Highline Imports

• 4th Avenue South intersection
  • west side:
    • Driver's Choice Auto Sales
    • 416: The Quest
  • east side:
    • Star Enterprises
    • parking lot

• 5th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • Estes Automotive Center
    • former location of Courtney's Restaurant
  • East side
    • Birmingham Restaurant Supply
• 6th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • 600: Gary Chapin's Auto Clinic/Citgo station, former location of skating rink (1905), Albert B. Stapp Auto Service Co. (1940-)
  • East side
    • former location of Birmingham Chero-Cola Bottling Co. (1929) Birmingham Ne-Hi Bottling Co. (1930-1941), BTNB Southside branch (1955-1981), SouthTrust Bank (1981-2005), Wachovia (2005-2009) Wells Fargo (2009-2018)
    • Dread River Distilling Co. (2019-), former location of Peck & Hills Antiques
• 7th Avenue South intersection
  • West side
    • Wendy's
    • University BP
  • East side
    • Birmingham Veterans Administration Primary Care Annex, former location of Steel City Olds and Jim Burke Jaguar
• University Boulevard intersection
  • Southtown Court and Southtown Court murals
• 9th Avenue South intersection
  • Southtown Court
• 9th Court South intersection (west only)
  • former location of Triangle Food, Bob's Cafe (-2016)
• 9th Courth South (northeast)/10th Avenue South (west) intersection (road continues east as 10th Avenue)