U.S. Highway 280 (western terminus)

U.S. Highway 280 (western terminus), also called the U.S. Highway 280 (Mountain Brook), is a name given to the section of U.S. Highway 280 from its terminus at Elton B. Stephens Expressway (U.S. Highway 31) in Homewood to I-459.

The section is mostly within the city limits of Mountain Brook, with some sections in Birmingham, Homewood, Vestavia Hills, and unincorporated Jefferson County.

Notable locations (west to east)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the U.S. Highway 280 (western terminus) category.

Homewood / Birmingham

• highway begins at Elton B. Stephens Expressway (U.S. Highway 31), with continuation into Homewood as Rosedale Drive
• highway crosses over Poinciana Drive
• access to Cahaba Road
• Hollywood Boulevard crosses over (future site of Hollywood Boulevard pedestrian bridge)

Mountain Brook

• Hollywood Boulevard crosses over (future site of Hollywood Boulevard pedestrian bridge)
  • 2700: Mountain Brook Center (built 1974)
  • 2727: Wendy's (burned 2005, rebuilt 2006)
  • 2731: Hampton Inn Birmingham Mountain Brook (built 1988)
  • 2737: Mountain Brook Plaza shopping center (built 2002), former location of Fred Gang's restaurant, Rossi's steakhouse
• Office Park Drive / Office Park Circle intersect
  • 2790–2800: former location of Mountain Brook Inn (built 1974, closed 2003, demolished 2008)
    • 2790: Residence Inn by Marriott Homewood Mountain Brook (built 2024)
    • 2800: Bricktop's restaurant (built 2018)
  • 2801: Protective Life Corporation / Vulcan Value Partners
• Luckie Drive intersects
• interchange with Shades Creek Parkway (Alabama State Route 149)
• highway crosses over Shades Creek / Shades Creek Greenway
  • 2900: Raymond James
• Smyer Road intersects (south only)
• Cherokee Road intersects
  • Shades Mountain Filter Plant
  • 280 mural
• Overton Road intersects (north only)
• Shades Crest Road / Rocky Ridge Road intersect (south only)
  • Cahaba Village Plaza shopping center (built 2007), former location of Dirt pile (1980s–2007)
• Green Valley Road intersects (north only)
  • Whole Foods Market (built 2007)
  • 3291: Pump House Plaza

Vestavia Hills

• Pumphouse Road crosses over
• Brookwood Green Trace intersects (north only)
• Briar Glen Drive intersects (south only)
  • 3001: Mountain Brook Community Church
• Dolly Ridge Road (north) / Cahaba River Road (south) intersect
  • 3197: Shell gas station

Birmingham

• Summit Boulevard (north)
  • 3090 / 3196: Tributary Rise apartments (built 2022), former location of AT&T Alabama Operations Center (built 1981, closed 2006)
• I-459 interchange
• highway continues as U.S. Highway 280 (Inverness)