6th Avenue North

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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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