Walkabout Birmingham

The entrance to the 5th Avenue N tunnel from adjacent 5th Terrace N. An entrance ramp connects 5th Avenue N with U.S. 31 north in the background. 10/01/03

The Elton B. Stephens Expressway viaduct passes over the intersection of 5th Avenue N and 26th Street N south of the exchange with I-59/20 and Carraway Boulevard. 10/01/03

26th Street south at the 5th Avenue N connector and entrance ramp to I-59/20. Three control cities were used because I-20 and I-59 split four miles to the east. 10/01/03

26th Street leads away from 1st Avenue N (U.S. 11) and an exit ramp from the northbound Expressway. 26th Street travels underneath U.S. 31 280 at 5th Avenue N. 10/01/03

U.S. 31/280 trailblazers posted along 26th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue N direct motorists six blocks northward to the intersection of Carraway Boulevard and Elton B. Stephens Expressway. 10/01/03

Viewing a set of button copy signs with reflectorized shields along the U.S. 31/280 viaduct from adjacent 26th Street. 10/01/03

26th Street southbound below the Elton B. Stephens Expressway and ahead of the 5th Avenue N ramp connector. The connection with the U.S. 31/280 north ramp to I-20/59 was to the left. The tunnel along 5th Avenue N is underneath this intersection. 10/01/03

Beyond 5th Avenue N, a set of U.S. 31/280 trailblazers on 26th Street stand below Red Mountain Expressway. 10/01/03

The ramps from I-59/20 and Carraway Boulevard tie into 6th Avenue N at 26th Street. 10/01/03

26th Street north at 8th Avenue N, one block away from Carraway Boulevard. 8th Avenue N travels underneath the beginning of the Red Mountain Expressway viaduct and the multi-level interchange with I-59/20. 10/01/03

Four flyovers converged above the intersection of 26th Street and 8th Avenue N. 10/01/03

Flyovers linked I-59/20 to both the Red Mountain Expressway south and Carraway Boulevard (U.S. 31) at the intersection of 6th Avenue N and 26th Street. 10/01/03

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26th Street curves to the northeast to meet Carraway Boulevard and the Elton B. Stephens Expressway. The forthcoming intersection marks the west end of U.S. 280. 10/01/03

The I-59/20 eastbound flyovers to U.S. 31/280 south and Carraway Boulevard. 10/01/03

Street sign at the intersection of 26th Street, Carraway Boulevard and the Elton B. Stephens Expressway. The flyover from U.S. 31/280 north to I-20/59 appears here. 10/01/03

U.S. 31 lowers from the Red Mountain Expressway northbound onto Carraway Boulevard at 26th Street. U.S. 11 Truck turns from Carraway Boulevard southward along 26th street to the left. 10/01/03

26th Street at Carraway Boulevard and the Red Mountain Expressway. U.S. 280 eastbound begins along the Expressway south. U.S. 31 continues north through the Norwood and North Birmingham neighborhoods of the city. 10/01/03

The westbound ramps from I-59/20 to Carraway Boulevard and the Elton B. Stephens Expressway partitioned above the 26th Street intersection with U.S. 31 (Carraway Boulevard). 10/01/03

Looking south from 8th Avenue N where the flyovers from I-59/20 to Carraway Boulevard converge. 10/01/03