11th Street North

11th Street North is a north-south street in Fountain Heights on the western end of downtown Birmingham's business district, running alongside I-65.

A short section runs from 1st Avenue North to the alley between 1st and 2nd Avenue. The street then resumes, as a 3-lane one-way street, at 3rd Avenue North and continues to 6th Avenue North, past which the left lanes become an on-ramp for I-65. 11th Street continues as a one-way street for two blocks, ending at Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard (8th Avenue North).

Prior to the replacement of the I-20/59 downtown viaduct, which began in 2015, 11th Street continued north for another block, to 9th Avenue North. During that work, an offramp, I-65 Exit 261A, was constructed from I-65's northbound lanes to 17th Street North at Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard.

North of Malfunction Junction another short section of 11th Street North runs alongside Fountain Heights Park then jogs east and continues as far as 16th Avenue North.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 11th Street North category.

• street begins at 1st Avenue North (U. S. Highway 11)
  • east side:
    • I-65
  • west side (Block 265):
    • 101–115 (110 12th Street North): Pack Health Building (rear)
      • 109: former location of Transall Inc. conveying equipment (1960)
    • 117–131 (1101 2nd Avenue North): former location of Niki's Restaurant (1951–2019)

• 2nd Avenue North intersects
  • east side:
    • I-65
  • west side (Block 264):
    • 201–215 (1100 2nd Avenue North): Jackson Control (2022–), former location of Quality Controls Inc. (2011–2022)
• street ends at 2nd Alley North (access to 3rd Avenue Citgo)

• street resumes at 3rd Avenue North
  • east side:
    • I-65
      • 300–3010: former location of Birmingham Transit Co. Car Barn (1960)
      • 312: former location of Birmingham Transit Co. station master's office (1960)
  • west side (Block 263):
    • 301–315 (1100 3rd Avenue North): Third Avenue Food Court (Eric Guster 2022–), former location of Zaden's, Hall of Fame Fish & Wings (2011–2015), vacant (demolished 2020)
    • 317–331 (1101 4th Avenue North): 4th Avenue Marathon gas station / Sneaky Pete's / Crazy Caiman's Cajun Chicken (2017–), former location of Texaco gas station (2009–2014), Mrs Winner's (2009–2015)

• 4th Avenue North intersects
  • east side:
    • I-65
    • former location of United Holiness Church of God (1935)
  • west side (Block 262):
    • 401–415 (1100 4th Avenue North): Mike's Downtown Shell (2008–)
    • 417–431 (1101–1107 5th Avenue North): Global Auto Transportation / Red Mountain Automotive Group, former location of Team Automotive used cars (2008), Atlanta-Birmingham Automotive Group used cars (2014), Car Star Automotive used cars (2015)

• 5th Avenue North intersects
  • east side:
    • I-65
      • 506: former location of Hezekiah Stewart coal (1960)
  • west side (Block 261):
    • 501–515 (511 11th Street North): former location of Oil Equipment Co. (1947–2014)
      • 511: former location of A. P. Merrill & Co. wholesale poultry (1960)
    • 517–531 (1101 6th Avenue North): Tourway Inn of Birmingham (2008–)

• 6th Avenue North intersects
  • east side:
    • I-65
  • west side (Block 260):
    • 601–615: Alabama Power Co. storage yard (2008–), former location of St James Baptist Church (built 1914; demolished after 1960)
    • 617–631: Alabama Power Co. storage yard (2019–), former location of vacant lot (2008–2017)

• 7th Avenue North intersects
  • east side:
    • I-65
      • 716: former location of Mac's Beauty Shop (1960)
  • west side (Block 259):
    • 701–715: Alabama Power Co. storage yard (2019–), former location of vacant lot (2008–2017)
    • 717–731: vacant lot (2008–)
      • 717: former location of McCampbell's Beauty School & Barber College (1960)

• street ends at Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard (8th Avenue North)
• former location of Lane's Auditorium / [[|Parker High School|Industrial High School]] (1910)
  • east side:
    • I-65
      • 804: former location of St John's Baptist Church (1960)
      • 822: former location of Mt Sinai & St Matthew Baptist Church (1960)
  • west side (Block 258):
    • 801–815: Alabama Power Co. storage yard (2019–), former location of vacant lot (2008–2017)
      • 815A: former location of Crawford Haywood interior decorator (1960)
    • 817–831: vacant lot (2008–)

• 10th Avenue North formerly intersected
  • 1017 rear: former location of Dot's Beauty Shop (1960)
  • 1039: former location of Triumph Holiness Church (1960)

• 11th Avenue North formerly intersected
  • 1108: former location of Martin Eagan residence (1914)
  • 1134: former location of Kenmark Apartments (1960)

• street resumes north of 12th Court North (no access)
  • east side: I-65
  • west side:
    • 1263–1271: residences
• 13th Avenue North intersects (west only)
  • east side: I-65
  • west side:
    • 1301–1317: residences
    • 1319–1331: Fountain Heights Park
    • 1401–1431 (1101 15th Avenue North): Fountain Heights Recreation Center
• street ends at 15th Avenue North
  • former location of Thomas Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (1935)