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* [[Valley Avenue]]/[[21st Avenue South]] intersection (continues north as [[Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard South]])
* [[Valley Avenue]]/[[21st Avenue South]] intersection (continues north as [[Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard South]])
** 2100: [[Jefferson County Board of Education]]
** 2100: [[Jefferson County Board of Education]]
** 2510: former location of [[Vulcan Restaurant]]
** 2518: [[Bloom]]
** 2518: [[Bloom]]
* [[Rosedale Drive]] intersection
* [[Rosedale Drive]] intersection
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** 2707: [[Devinci's Pizza]]
** 2707: [[Devinci's Pizza]]
* [[27th Avenue South]] (west) intersection
* [[27th Avenue South]] (west) intersection
** 2700: former location of [[Homewood Gulf Service Station]]
** 2710: [[Homewood Post Office]]
** 2710: [[Homewood Post Office]]
** 2717: [[Little Professor Book Center]]
** 2717: [[Little Professor Book Center]]
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** 2727: [[Hatfield Auto Parts]]
** 2727: [[Hatfield Auto Parts]]
** 2730: [[Ed's Pet World]]
** 2730: [[Ed's Pet World]]
** 2731: former location of [[Shades Valley Cleaners]]
* [[28th Avenue South]] intersection
* [[28th Avenue South]] intersection
** West side:
** West side:
*** 2800: [[Daedalus Candles]] (formerly ''[[Shades Valley Times]]'')
*** 2800: [[Daedalus Candles]] (former location of ''[[Shades Valley Times]]'' and [[Dunn Drug Co.]])
*** 2806: former location of a [[Hill's Food Stores|Hill's Food Store]]
*** 2804: former location of [[Homewood Bakery & Delicatessen]]
*** 2806: former location of a [[Hill's Food Stores|Hill's Food Store]] and [[Homewood A&P Store]]
*** 2808: [[Hill Crest Furniture]] (former location of [[The Royal Standard]])
*** 2808: [[Hill Crest Furniture]] (former location of [[The Royal Standard]])
*** 2812: [[Sam's Super Samwiches]]
*** 2812: [[Sam's Super Samwiches]]
*** 2814: [[Doree]]
*** 2814: [[Doree]], former location of [[Shaia Drygoods Store]]
*** 2820: [[Soca Clothing]]
*** 2816: former location of [[Marshall Durbin]] retail store
*** 2820: [[Soca Clothing]], former location of [[Homewood Hardware Store]]
*** 2822: former location of [[Zipper Cafe]]
*** 2824: former location of [[Loop Market]]
*** 2826: Pure Barre (formerly [[Anchorage Restaurant]])
*** 2826: Pure Barre (formerly [[Anchorage Restaurant]])
*** 2830: [[Homewood Toy & Hobby Shop]]
*** 2830: [[Homewood Toy & Hobby Shop]]
*** 2832: formerly [[Shades Valley Drugs]]
*** 2832: former location of [[Shades Valley Drugs]] and [[Younger Beauty Shoppe]]
*** 2834: [[Homewood Cycle and Fitness]] (formerly [[Homewood Theatre]])
*** 2834: [[Homewood Cycle and Fitness]] (formerly [[Homewood Theatre]])
*** 2838: [[Hiltz-Lauber]]
*** 2838: [[Hiltz-Lauber]]
*** 2842: former location of [[Standard Furnace & Air Conditioning]]
*** 2842½: former offices of the ''[[Homewood Herald]]''
*** 2842½: former offices of the ''[[Homewood Herald]]''
*** 2844: [[Let's Get Organized]]
*** 2844: [[Let's Get Organized]]
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*** 2829-2831: former location of [[Huffstutler's Hardware]]
*** 2829-2831: former location of [[Huffstutler's Hardware]]
*** 2831: [[O'Henry's Coffees]]
*** 2831: [[O'Henry's Coffees]]
*** 2835: [[Oak Hill Bar & Grill]] (formerly [[Patriot Arcade]])
*** 2835: [[Oak Hill Bar & Grill]] (former location of [[Patriot Arcade]] and [[Alexander Dry Cleaning]])
*** 2841: [[Trak Shak]]
*** 2841: [[Trak Shak]]
* [[29th Avenue South]] intersection (east only)
* [[29th Avenue South]] intersection (east only)

Revision as of 13:48, 1 August 2010

18th Street South (originally Park Avenue) in Homewood is a southern extension of Birmingham's 18th Street South. The approximately 0.8-mile, north-south road runs from where the Homewood and Birmingham city limits meet at Valley Avenue through the Homewood Central Business District to Oxmoor Road.

The road was renamed from Park Avenue during the 1940s when Homewood renamed several streets to continue Birmingham's street numbering system.

18th Street was originally part of Montgomery Highway (U.S. Highway 31) and featured a curve at 29th Avenue South to direct southbound traffic over to what is now Independence Drive. Highway 31 was rerouted to the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, once it was completed in 1970. The curve was converted to a standard T-intersection in the 1990s.

MAX Transit Routes 39 and 42 include the street in their routes. It is also often part of the route for the Homewood Christmas parade and Homewood High School homecoming parade.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 18th Street Homewood category.
Montgomery Highway
Homewood Vestavia Hills Hoover Pelham Alabaster
Current U.S. Highway 31 Independence Dr. Montgomery Hwy Montgomery Hwy Pelham Parkway 1st Street
Previous routes 18th St S, 29th Ave S, Old Montgomery Hwy Lorna Road, Old Montgomery Hwy Old Montgomery Hwy Old Highway 31
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