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* Intersection/merger with [[West Oxmoor Road]]
* Intersection/merger with [[West Oxmoor Road]]
* 111: [[Buffalo Rock Company]] headquarters
** 111: [[Buffalo Rock Company]] headquarters
* Intersection with [[West Oxmoor Boulevard]]
* Intersection with [[West Oxmoor Boulevard]]
* 160: [[Shades Valley Community Church]] (formerly [[Oxmoor Ice Lodge]] and [[Alpine Ice Lodge]])
** 160: [[Shades Valley Community Church]] (formerly [[Oxmoor Ice Lodge]] and [[Alpine Ice Lodge]])
* 162: [[Bogue's]] (formerly [[Devinci's Pizza]], [[Florida Grille]] and [[Sirena's Latino & Seafood Grill]])
** 162: [[Bogue's]] (formerly [[Devinci's Pizza]], [[Florida Grille]] and [[Sirena's Latino & Seafood Grill]])
* 220: [[Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q]]
** 220: [[Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q]]
* Intersection with [[West Oxmoor Boulevard]]
* Intersection with [[West Oxmoor Boulevard]]
* [[Interstate 65]] interchange
* [[Interstate 65]] interchange
* Intersection of [[Green Springs Highway]]
* Intersection of [[Green Springs Highway]]
* Intersection of [[Columbiana Road]]
* Intersection of [[Columbiana Road]]
* 500 block: Traffic diverted into [[Palisades Shopping Center]]
** 500 block: Traffic diverted into [[Palisades Shopping Center]]
* 850: [[Edgewood Presbyterian Church]]
** 850: [[Edgewood Presbyterian Church]]
* 901: [[Edgewood Terrace Apartments]]
** 901: [[Edgewood Terrace Apartments]]
* [[Edgewood Business District]]
** [[Edgewood Business District]]
** 932: [[Sam's Deli & Grill]]
*** 932: [[Sam's Deli & Grill]]
** 934: former location of [[O'Neal Drugs]]
*** 934: former location of [[O'Neal Drugs]]
** Intersection of [[Broadway Street]]
* Intersection of [[Broadway Street]]
** 1001: [[Trilogy Leather]]
** Edgewood Business District continued
** 1003: [[Edgewood Frame Shop]] (formerly [[Bill's Hobby Shop]])
*** 1001: [[Trilogy Leather]]
** 1008: [[Broadway BBQ]]
*** 1003: [[Edgewood Frame Shop]] (formerly [[Bill's Hobby Shop]])
** 1010: [[New York Pizza]]
*** 1008: [[Broadway BBQ]]
** 1014: [[Cool Beans Coffee House]] (formerly New York Pizza)
*** 1010: [[New York Pizza]]
** 1018: [[The Ruby Begonia]]
*** 1014: [[Cool Beans Coffee House]] (formerly New York Pizza)
** 1019: former location of [[Colonial Stores]] grocery
*** 1018: [[The Ruby Begonia]]
* 1114: [[Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]]
*** 1019: former location of [[Colonial Stores]] grocery
* 1400: [[Trinity United Methodist Church]]
** 1114: [[Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]]
* 1629: [[Applause Dancewear]]
** 1400: [[Trinity United Methodist Church]]
* 1632: [[Homewood Park]]
** 1629: [[Applause Dancewear]]
** 1632: [[Homewood Park]]
* Intersection of [[Central Avenue (Homewood)|Central Avenue]]
* Intersection of [[Central Avenue (Homewood)|Central Avenue]]
* 1706: [[Nabeel's Imported Foods]] (formerly [[Hamburger Heaven (Homewood)|Hamburger Heaven]])
** 1706: [[Nabeel's Imported Foods]] (formerly [[Hamburger Heaven (Homewood)|Hamburger Heaven]])
* 1721: [[Homewood Public Library]]
** 1721: [[Homewood Public Library]]
* 1728: [[Our Lady of Sorrows]]
** 1728: [[Our Lady of Sorrows]]
** 1736: [[Lathan Associates Architects]] offices
* Intersection of [[18th Street South (Homewood)|18th Street South]]
* Intersection of [[18th Street South (Homewood)|18th Street South]]
* 1800: [[Ridout's Brown Service Chapel]]
** 1800: [[Ridout's Brown Service Chapel]]
* 1900 block: [[Hallman Hill]] (formerly [[Homewood Gardens Apartments]])
** 1900 block: [[Hallman Hill]] (formerly [[Homewood Gardens Apartments]])
* Intersection of [[Independence Drive]]/becomes [[Hollywood Boulevard]]
* Intersection of [[Independence Drive]]/becomes [[Hollywood Boulevard]]


Revision as of 17:02, 10 June 2008

Oxmoor Road is an approximately three and three-quarters mile long street running roughly northeast-southwest through Homewood between Independence Drive (U.S. Highway 31) and West Oxmoor Road. It is part of a road dating back to at least the 1860s which was previously known as Oxmoor-Irondale Road and connected the Cahaba Iron Works in Irondale with Oxmoor Furnace in Oxmoor, hence the road's name.

History

In the 1860s, Oxmoor-Irondale Road was used to haul pig iron from both Irondale and Oxmoor south to Selma. The road was also important for early settlers of Shades Valley as it was easier to use it to access the two furnace's commisary stores for supplies than to cross Red Mountain to Elyton, or later Birmingham, for them. It was along this road that the settlements that would eventually become Homewood took shape. At some point in the first half of the 20th century, the road became known simply as Oxmoor Road.

Mining camps along Oxmoor Road were used as filming locations for the 1925 silent feature Coming Through.

During the late 20th century, two bypasses were created along Oxmoor Road. First, during the 1970s, West Oxmoor Boulevard was built north of Oxmoor Road to provide light industry that appeared on West Oxmoor Road a multi-lane route to I-65 and avoid a residential area. Oxmoor Road intersects both ends of West Oxmoor Boulevard. Second, during the late 1980s, Palisades Boulevard and Palisades Drive routed traffic through the Palisades shopping center to Green Springs Highway. In this case, direct access into the residential section along Oxmoor was cut off as Oxmoor feeds directly into the two Palisades roads.

Road description

Oxmoor Road is one of the primay east-west roads through Homewood, although the majority of it, except for some left turn lanes at select intersections, is two-lane road. Oxmoor is a five-lane road between Columbiana Road and West Oxmoor Boulevard (near Green Springs Highway and Interstate 65) and between West Oxmoor Boulevard and West Oxmoor Road. At its western end, Oxmoor Road becomes West Oxmoor Road, while the eastern end becomes Hollywood Boulevard.

Just south of the Palisades, Oxmoor Road is on the Birmingham-Homewood border. Between West Oxmoor Boulevard and West Oxmoor Road, portions of Oxmoor Road are fully in Birmingham while others are again along the Birmingham-Homewood border.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the Oxmoor Road category.

From west to east:

References

  • Summe, Sheryl Spradling. (2001). Homewood: The Life of a City. Homewood, AL: Friends of the Homewood Public Library.
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