U.S. 31 North - Birmingham - AARoads

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The exchange joining U.S. 31/280 was built in 1969.
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U.S. 31 north reduces to a single lane where traffic merges with U.S. 280 west. A half diamond interchange follows at 22nd/23rd Street S.
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U.S. 31/280 overlap 3.33 miles north along the Red Mountain Expressway to I-59/20.
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A half diamond interchange joins 21st Avenue S and 20th Place S with U.S. 31/280 northbound, a half mile from the exit to Arlington and Highland Avenues.
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U.S. 31/280 pass through the Red Mountain Geological Cut to the west of English Village in Birmingham.
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Highland Avenue meanders northeast from Arlington Avenue into the Highland Park neighborhood and west to Five Points South.
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A folded diamond interchange links U.S. 31/280 north with University Boulevard (8th Avenue S) by St. Vincent's Hospital in a half mile.
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U.S. 31/280 lowers through a tunnel below Highland Avenue at 23rd Street S. The crossing dates from 1966.
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University Boulevard runs west from the Southside neighborhood to the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus.
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University Boulevard east becomes Clairmont Avenue south of the Lakeview District.
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University Boulevard / 8th Avenue S was formerly part of SR 149 west from U.S. 31/280 to I-65 and Green Springs Highway south. The succeeding exit is the RIRO ramps with U.S. 78 (3rd/4th Avenue S).
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The CSX, Norfolk Southern and Amtrak railroad corridor represents the dividing line between north and south street suffixes in Birmingham.
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U.S. 280 west concludes at the systems interchange joining the Red Mountain Expressway with I-59/20.
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The flyovers linking U.S. 31/280 with I-59/20 were rebuilt as part of the I-59 / I-20 Bridge Replacement Project underway from 2015 to 2020.
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North

U.S. 31 shifts from the Red Mountain Expressway onto 26th Street N/Carraway Boulevard north at Richard Arrington, Jr. Boulevard N.
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The Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex lies beyond Protective Stadium along 11th Avenue N at 22nd Street N. Construction of the football stadium severed 11th Avenue N between 22nd and 24th Streets.
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11th Avenue N runs along the north side of the systems exchange joining I-59/20 with U.S. 31/280.
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Traffic lights operated along U.S. 31 (26th Street N) at Carraway Parkway until 2017. The former Carraway Hospital/Norwood Clinic closed operations at the site along 26th Street N in 2008.¹
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Built in 1916, the shuttered Carraway Hospital complex suffered from vandalism and decay to 2020, when Corporate Reality bought the 52 acre property for development.¹
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U.S. 31 (26th Street N) at 15th Avenue N by the abandoned Physicians Medical Center.
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Construction on The Star Uptown, a mixed used development including housing, offices, retail and entertainment venues,¹ got underway at the Carraway Hospital Site with demolition work starting in May 2022.²
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16th Avenue N linked U.S. 31 with Physicians Medical Center and 25th Street N at 23rd Street N. Signals here were set to flash before ultimately being removed by 2018.
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26th Street N at 16th Avenue N. The Star Uptown development name references the blue star that stood atop the old hospital in the Norwood community.¹
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A vintage U.S. 31 Truck shield stands northbound between 16th and 17th Avenue N.
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Span wires remain from removed traffic lights at 26th Street N and 17th Avenue N.
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A reassurance marker appears along U.S. 31 north ahead of 18th Avenue N.
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SR 378 was established along Finley Boulevard 2.32 miles west from U.S. 31 to U.S. 78/SR 5 in May 2015.
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SR 378 (Finley Boulevard) connects the North Birmingham neighborhood with Interstate 65 at Exit 262B, 0.67 miles west of U.S. 31.
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Finley Boulevard extends one block east from U.S. 31/SR 378 to 27th Street N.
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The reassurance marker for U.S. 31 north of Finley Boulevard was removed after April 2016.
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Measuring 1,152 feet in length, the viaduct on U.S. 31 spanning CSX and Norfolk Southern Railroad lines between 27th Avenue N and 29th Avenue N was built in 1968.³ Milepost 277 for SR 3 was formerly posted on the span.
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Curving northeast onto Decatur Highway, U.S. 31 transitions into a four lane, divided arterial.
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The northbound viaduct taking U.S. 31 (Decatur Highway) across the Norfolk Southern Railroad and 39th Avenue N out of North Birmingham dates back to 1940.
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