Highland Avenue overpass

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The Highland Avenue overpass is the section of Highland Avenue which continues over the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (U. S. Highway 31) near 23rd Street South and 11th Avenue South. The expressway was tunneled below grade between the existing Highland Plaza and Highland Tower multistory apartment buildings. Harbert Construction used large earth-movers to reduce the time that the avenue would need to be closed by several months.

Begun on May 23, 1966, the overpass was completed in January 1967.

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• "Expressway Work To Close Highland" (May 18, 1966) Birmingham Post-Herald - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Archives