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{{Alphabetical locations}}
{{Alphabetical locations}}
* [[Center Street]] intersects (road continues as [[6th Avenue West]])
* [[Center Street]] intersects (road continues as [[6th Avenue West]])
** 102: former location of the [[Canyon Club]] (1940s-1950s)
** 102: [[Faith Followers Spiritual Church of Truth]] (2004- ), former location of the [[Canyon Club]] (1940s-1950s)
** 105: [[Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church]] (1953)
** 105: [[Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church]] (1953)
** 212: former location of [[Ransom's Garage]] (1927)
** 212: former location of [[Ransom's Garage]] (1927)
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* [[11th Street North]] intersects
* [[11th Street North]] intersects
** 1100: former location of [[St James Baptist Church]] (1953)
** 1100: former location of [[St James Baptist Church (Northside)|St James Baptist Church]] (built 1914; demolished after 1953)
** 1101: [[Tourway Inn of Birmingham]]
** 1101: [[Tourway Inn of Birmingham]] (2008–)
** 1108: former location of [[Chuck Full of Nuts]] delicatessen (1953)
** 1108: former location of [[Chuck Full of Nuts]] delicatessen (1953)
** 1127–1131: former location of [[Alabama Seafood Co.]] (1953)
** 1127–1131: former location of [[Alabama Seafood Co.]] (1953)
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** former crossing of [[Pratt Coal & Iron Co.]] / [[Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad]] (1887)
** former crossing of [[Pratt Coal & Iron Co.]] / [[Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad]] (1887)
** north side:
** north side:
*** 1300: former location of [[Christian Tabernacle]] (1942)
*** 1318: former location of [[Brocato Gardens]] restaurant ([[Joseph Brocato]] 1958)
*** 1318: former location of [[Brocato Gardens]] restaurant ([[Joseph Brocato]] 1958)
** south side:
** south side:
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* [[14th Street North]] intersects
* [[14th Street North]] intersects
*** 1404: former location of [[Robert L. Jackson]] residence (1896–1906), [[Logwood Goin]] residence (1909)
*** 1410: former location of [[General Plumbing & Heating Co.]] (1953)
*** 1410: former location of [[General Plumbing & Heating Co.]] (1953)
*** 1414: former location of [[Zion Hill Baptist Church]] (1953–1957)
*** 1414: former location of [[Temple Baptist Church]] (1927), [[Zion Hill Baptist Church]] (1953–1957)
*** 1426b: former location of [[Bob's Barbecue]] (1953)
*** 1426b: former location of [[Bob's Barbecue]] (1953)
*** 1430: [[Jerome Ippolito]] grocery (1953)
*** 1430: [[Jerome Ippolito]] grocery (1953)
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* [[Carraway Boulevard]] intersection (road ends facing [[Interstate 20|I-20]]/[[Interstate 59|59]] off-ramps)
* [[Carraway Boulevard]] intersection (road ends facing [[Interstate 20|I-20]]/[[Interstate 59|59]] off-ramps)
** 2608: former location of [[Young Lunch Stand]] (1953)
** 2608: former location of [[Young Lunch Stand]] (1953)
** 8300: former location of [[Lake Highland Methodist Church]] (1946)
** 6018: former location of [[Piney Grove Baptist Church]] (1927)
** 8129: former location of [[Lake Highland Baptist Church]] (1954)
** 8300: former location of [[Lake Highland Methodist Church]] (1946, 1971)


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Latest revision as of 14:25, 30 April 2024

Sixth 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 6th Avenue West. The main section ends at Carraway Boulevard in the east, although additional segments can be found further east, particularly in East Lake.

Between 9th Street North and Carraway Boulevard, 6th Avenue is one way westbound and three lanes wide. At the east end, off-ramps from Interstate 20/59, both east- and westbound exit in line with 6th Avenue. An Interstate 65 south off-ramp ends at 6th Avenue feeding into 10th Avenue North while an I-65 north on-ramp splits from 11th Avenue North just north of 6th Avenue.

History

Electric lights were installed on 6th Avenue North from 17th to 25th Street in 1945 under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

6th Avenue North was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic was from Red Mountain Expressway to 9th Street North in 1973 by the Alabama Department of Transportation's TOPICS (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 6th Avenue North category.
  • 15th Street North intersects
    • north side (Block 38):
      • 1500–1506: St Paul United Methodist Church (built 1951), former location of residence (1891)
        • 1500–1502: St Paul United Methodist Church (built 1896, demolished 1902; built 1904, demolished 1920)
        • 1504: former location of residence (1902–1911)
        • 1506: former location of residence (1902–1911)
      • 1508–1524: parking lot for St Paul United Methodist Church
        • 1508–1510: former location of duplex residence (1902–1911)
        • 1512–1518: former location of "negro shanties" (1891)
          • 1512–1514: former location of residence (1902), duplex residence (1911)
          • 1516–1518: former location of residence (1902), duplex residence (1911)
        • 1520–1524: former location of residence (1891–1911)
      • 1526: 16th Street Baptist Church parsonage (built 1911), former location of residence (1891–1902)
      • 1528–1530: 16th Street Baptist Church (1882–, present building built 1911)
    • south side (Block 43):
      • 1501–1531: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (built 1992)
        • 1501: former location of "ruins of fire" (1891), drug store (1911)
        • 1503: former location of store (1911), St Paul Methodist Church clinic (1953)
        • 1505: former location of residence (1891–1911)
        • 1507: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1509: former location of residence (1891–1911)
        • 1511: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1515: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1517: former location of residence (1891–1911)
        • 1519: former location of residence (1891–1911)
        • 1521–1531: former location of vacant lot (1951)
          • 1521: former location of residence (1891–1911, demolished before 1951)
          • 1525: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
          • 1527: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
          • 1529: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
          • 1531: former location of grocery (1891), store (1911, demolished before 1951)
  • 16th Street North intersects
    • north side (Block 37):
      • 1600–1604: former location of two-story commercial building
      • 1606: former location of residence (1902)
      • 1608: former location of residence (1891–1951)
      • 1610: former location of residence (1891–1951)
      • 1612: former location of residence (1891–1951)
      • 1614–1616: former location of duplex residence (1891–1902), one-story brick meeting hall (built 1947), former location of Painters Union Local No. 5 (1953)
      • 1620: former location of residence (1891–1951)
      • 1624–1630: former location of residence (1891–1902)
    • south side (Block 44):
  • 25th Street North intersects
    • north side:
      • Park Place (Hope VI project) (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (1940–2002)
    • south side:
      • Park Place (Hope VI project) (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (1940–2002)
To north:
I-20/59 		Interstate 65 southbound exits
6th Avenue North 		To south:
4th Avenue South
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