Walkabout Birmingham

7th Avenue South passes below the Elton B. Stephens Expressway viaduct and ramps associated with the folded diamond interchange at 8th Avenue South. 10/01/03

The view along 7th Avenue S leading west from the U.S. 31/280 viaduct. 7th Street continues to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) campus and medical center. 10/01/03

U.S. 78 east parts ways with U.S. 11 north and follows 24th Street south to 4th Avenue S. 10/01/03

U.S. 78 follows 4th Avenue S east below the Elton B. Stephens Expressway viaduct. 10/01/03

The northbound Elton B. Stephens Expressway sign bridge for the exit to U.S. 78 via 27th Street. Historically U.S. 280 westbound departed the freeway here for U.S. 78 west along 3rd Avenue S. 10/01/03

4th Avenue S east at 27th Street. Freeway ramps connect 27th Street with the northbound roadway along U.S. 31/280 between 4th and 3rd Avenues S. 10/01/03

27th Street south at U.S. 78 (4th Avenue S) east. 10/01/03

4th Avenue S flows east with two lanes across 27th Street. 10/01/03

27th Street northbound at the entrance ramp for U.S. 31 (Elton B. Stephens Expressway). This block falls between the east and westbound directions of U.S. 78 along 3rd / 4th Avenues S. 10/01/03

27th Street at U.S. 78 (3rd Avenue N) west. 27th Street ends just ahead at the CSX, Norfolk Southern and Amtrak railroad lines. 10/01/03

U.S. 31 north / U.S. 280 west shield assembly at the 27th Street entrance ramp for the Elton B. Stephens Expressway. 27th Street meets U.S. 78 (4th Avenue S) in the background. 10/01/03

A pair of ramps from U.S. 31 south / U.S. 280 east link the Expressway with U.S. 78 via 27th Street. 10/01/03

3rd Avenue S west at 27th Street 10/01/03

Ramps along 27th Street between 4th Avenue S (U.S. 78 east) and 3rd Avenue S connect with the Elton B. Stephens Expressway northbound roadway. 10/01/03

Ramps along 27th Street between 4th Avenue S (U.S. 78 east) and 3rd Avenue S connect with the Elton B. Stephens Expressway northbound roadway. 10/01/03

U.S. 280 overlaps with U.S. 31 north to I-59/20. 10/01/03

Looking north from 3rd Avenue S at overheads for I-20/59 and the freeway end along the Red Mountain Expressway northbound. 10/01/03

3rd Avenue S flows west with four lanes below the freeway viaduct along U.S. 31/280. 10/01/03

The sign bridge along the southbound expressway for the exit to U.S. 78 from 3rd Avenue S. 10/01/03

A pair of U.S. 31/280 shields reference the entrance ramp from 25th Street along U.S. 78 westbound. 10/01/03

U.S. 31/280 west overlap along the Elton B. Stephens Expressway south two miles to the the city of Homewood. 10/01/03

U.S. 78 west ahead of the northward turn from 3rd Avenue S onto 24th Street. 10/01/03

The westbound direction of U.S. 78 combines with U.S. 78 eastbound along the 24th Street viaduct. 10/01/03

Reassurance marker for U.S. 78 west posted along 24th Street between 3rd and 2nd Avenues S. 10/01/03

Looking northwest at the Birmingham central business district skyline from the 24th Street viaduct. 10/01/03

Looking south from the 24th Street viaduct at Red Mountain and the cut for the Red Mountain Expressway (U.S. 31/280). 10/01/03

Lowering from the 24th Street viaduct, U.S. 78 west next intersects U.S. 11 at 1st Avenue N. U.S. 78 combines with U.S. 11 south through Downtown. 10/01/03

U.S. 11 north follows 1st Avenue N toward Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) and the city line. 10/01/03

Looking northwest at the Birmingham central business district skyline from the 24th Street viaduct. 10/01/03

Looking northwest at the Birmingham central business district skyline from the 24th Street viaduct. 10/01/03

The 24th Street viaduct spans Amtrak, CSX, and Norfolk Southern Railroad lines. 10/01/03

The railroad corridor represents the North / South boundary for Birmingham street addresses. 10/01/03

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The intersection of 24th Street and 1st Avenue N, where U.S. 78 west combines with U.S. 11 south to Downtown Birmingham. 10/01/03

A loop ramp once connected U.S. 31/280 south with northbound U.S. 11 (1st Avenue N). 10/01/03

The abandoned ramp merge with U.S. 11 northbound. 10/01/03

The viaduct along U.S. 11 begins just beyond the Elton B. Stephens Expressway overpasses. 10/01/03

U.S. 11/78 meet one block east of the former exit ramp from U.S. 31/280 south. 10/01/03

U.S. 11 north (1st Avenue N) at the U.S. 31/280 (Elton B. Stephens Expressway) viaduct. 10/01/03