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** 1111: former location of apartment building
** 1111: former location of apartment building
** [[Ted's Restaurant]]
** [[Ted's Restaurant]]
* [[12th Street South]] intersection
* [[12th Street South]] intersection
** [[University Park Business Center]]
** [[University Park Business Center]]
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** 1218: former location of [[Avenue C Garage]] auto repairs (1953)
** 1218: former location of [[Avenue C Garage]] auto repairs (1953)
** 1231 [[University House]]
** 1231 [[University House]]
* [[13th Street South]] intersection
* [[13th Street South]] intersection
** 1301: [[Cain Awning]]
** 1301: [[Cain Awning]]
** 1325: [[J. J. Morley Enterprises]]
** 1325: [[J. J. Morley Enterprises]]
* [[14th Street South]] intersection
* [[14th Street South]] intersection
** north side:
** north side:
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**** 1421: former location of [[Moore-Handley Hardware Co.]] storage (1953)
**** 1421: former location of [[Moore-Handley Hardware Co.]] storage (1953)
**** 1425: former location of [[Garfield Hill]] restaurant (1953)
**** 1425: former location of [[Garfield Hill]] restaurant (1953)
* [[15th Street South]] intersection
* [[15th Street South]] intersection
* 1500-1530: former location of [[UAB Print Plant]] / [[UAB Central Support Building]]
** north side:
** 1500-1516: [[Regions Field]] (built 2013)
*** 1500-1530: former location of [[UAB Print Plant]] / [[UAB Central Support Building]]
** 1518-1530: [[Venue at the Ballpark]] (built 2016)
**** 1500-1516: [[Regions Field]] (built 2013)
** 1501: [[Sherwin-Williams Paint Company]]
**** 1518-1530: [[Venue at the Ballpark]] (built 2016)
** 1521-1529: [[Watts Realty Building]]
** south side:
*** Suite 101: [[Self Storage]]  
*** 1501: [[Sherwin-Williams Paint Company]]
*** Suite 102: [[Watts Realty]]
*** 1521-1529: [[Watts Realty Building]]
*** 1527: former location of [[Hill Food Stores|Hill Grocery Co.]] (1953)
**** Suite 101: [[Self Storage]]  
*** 1529: former location of [[Peanut Depot]] (2016-2017), [[Pro-Fit Inc.]] / [[American Diabetic Supply]] (2008-2015)
**** Suite 102: [[Watts Realty]]
**** 1527: former location of [[Hill Food Stores|Hill Grocery Co.]] (1953)
**** 1529: former location of [[Peanut Depot]] (2016-2017), [[Pro-Fit Inc.]] / [[American Diabetic Supply]] (2008-2015)
 
* [[16th Street South]] intersection
* [[16th Street South]] intersection
** 1600: [[Red Mountain Theatre Co.]] arts campus, former location of [[Wittichen Chemical Co.]] warehouse (1953), [[Wittichen Supply Company]]
** 1600: [[Red Mountain Theatre Co.]] arts campus, former location of [[Wittichen Chemical Co.]] warehouse (1953), [[Wittichen Supply Company]]
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* [[20th Street South]] intersection
* [[20th Street South]] intersection
** former location of [[Don Drennen Motor Company]]
** north side:
** 2001: [[Liberty National Building]]
*** 2000-2030: [[20 Midtown]] (built 2020)
** 2008: [[Baxley Dillard Dauphin]]
**** 2000: fomer location of [[Don Drennen Motor Company]]
** 2011: former location of [[Noah's Ark Baptist Church]] (1899), [[National Welding Company]] (1923)
**** 2008: former location of [[Service Insurance Co.]] (1953), [[Baxley Dillard Dauphin]]
** 2018: [[Out of Town Parts]], former location of [[McElroy Motors]]
**** 2010: former location of [[Sherrill & Amos]] auto paint & body (1953)
** 2019: former location of [[Scott Sheet Metal Works]] auto body repairs (1923)
**** 2018: former location of [[McElroy Motors]], [[J. Truitt Payne Co.]] used cars (1953), [[Out of Town Parts]]
** 2021: former location of [[Birmingham Steam Laundry]] (1887), [[Finch Motor Co.]] auto repairs (1923)
**** 2026: former location of [[Webco Electric Battery Co.]] (1923)
** 2026: former location of [[Webco Electric Battery Co.]] (1923)
** south side:
** [[Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 8]] ([[Scott's Koneys]])
*** 2001-2009: [[Liberty Towers at Midtown]]
**** 2001-2003: [[Liberty National Building]] (built 1925 as the [[Liberty National Building|Pioneer Building]])
**** 2005-2009: [[Liberty National Building|Liberty National Life Building]] (built 1971)
*** 2011: former location of [[Noah's Ark Baptist Church]] (1899), [[National Welding Company]] (1923), [[David's Restaurant]] (1953)
*** 2013-2031: [[Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 8]] / [[Scott's Koneys]]
**** 2019: former location of [[Scott Sheet Metal Works]] auto body repairs (1923), [[Hugh E. Riddle]] auto repairs (1953)
**** 2021-2023: former location of [[Birmingham Steam Laundry]] (1887), [[Finch Motor Co.]] auto repairs (1923), [[Sherrill & Amos]] shop (1953)


* [[21st Street South]] ([[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South]]) intersects
* [[21st Street South]] ([[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South]]) intersects

Revision as of 12:51, 19 January 2020

3rd Avenue South (originally Avenue C) is an east-west avenue in Birmingham. It continues U. S. Highway 78 westbound from Crestwood Boulevard (via an angled section of 5th Avenue South) through Avondale and into the City Center. Beginning at 36th Street the avenue is one-way westbound with three lanes of traffic.

US 78 turns north off of 3rd Avenue at 24th Street, continuing west along 8th Avenue North toward Arkadelphia Road. 3rd Avenue South proceeds through Midtown Birmingham, becoming an onramp to I-65 North after it crosses 12th Street South.

The avenue picks up again in Titusville as 3rd Avenue Southwest, a two-lane residential street running between Omega Street and Martin Luther King, Jr Drive at Elmwood Cemetery.

In Woodlawn and East Lake additional sections of 3rd Avenue South can be found. One runs for less than a block off of 59th Street South south of Georgia Road. Another picks up at 61st Street South and runs into the I-20 right of way just past 64th Street South. It picks up at 64th Place South on the other side of the interstate and continues to 67th Street South, where it ends in the turn a block shy of the Cascade Plunge. On the other side of the proposed Druid Hollow Park 3rd Avenue continues as a residential street between 70th Street South and 86th Street South. The alley between 2nd and 3rd Avenue in this area is promoted as a Musician's Hollow by the East Lake Arts District.

MAX Transit Route 17 runs along parts of 3rd Avenue South in Avondale.

History

3rd Avenue South was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic from 32nd Street to 14th Street in August 1955. The west-only traffic pattern was extended to I-65 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 3rd Avenue South category.

South Titusville

Five Points South neighborhood

Southside neighborhood

Forest Park-South Avondale

Forest Park/East Avondale

East Avondale

South Woodlawn

South East Lake

Locations on 3rd Avenue Southwest

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