Walkabout Birmingham

Flyovers passing over 8th Avenue N separate from I-20/59 east to the intersection of 6th Avenue N at 26th Street and the Red Mountain Expressway southbound. 10/01/03

10/01/03

8th Avenue N west under the flyover connecting I-20/59 with U.S. 31/280 south. 26th Street heads north from the adjacent intersection to the end of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway at Carraway Boulevard (U.S. 31). 10/01/03

The Elton B. Stephens Expressway extends south from Carraway Boulevard beyond Richard Arrington, Jr. Boulevard. 10/01/03

The first confirming marker for U.S. 280 appeared where the Red Mountain Expressway ascends from Carraway Boulevard (U.S. 31) south. 10/01/03

A Truck U.S. 11 shield appears at the intersection of 9th Avenue N and Carraway Boulevard. An entrance ramp for the Elton B. Stephens Expressway is one block to the south at 26th Street. 10/01/03

9th Avenue N and Carraway Boulevard intersected underneath the eastbound viaduct along I-20/59. 10/01/03

The exchange joining U.S. 31/280 and I-59/20 above 10th Avenue N. A ramp stub along the I-20/59 westbound viaduct remained from what appeared to be an unbuilt entrance ramp. 10/01/03

The high flyover from the Elton B. Stephens Expressway to I-59/20 westbound spanning Carraway Boulevard. 10/01/03

View of the I-59/20 viaduct from the west side of Carraway Boulevard (U.S. 31). Ramps for the Elton B. Stephens Expressway and 24th Street from I-20/59 westbound departed to the left. 10/01/03

The ramp stub on the I-59/20 westbound viaduct from Carraway Boulevard. 10/01/03

Carraway Boulevard south ahead of 9th Avenue N and below the I-59/20 viaduct. 10/01/03

U.S. 31 shifts onto the Red Mountain Expressway adjacent to the I-20/59 ramps to U.S. 31/280 south and 6th Avenue N at 26th Street (Carraway Boulevard). 10/01/03

Northward view of Carraway Boulevard at 9th Avenue N and the adjacent I-20/59 viaduct. 10/01/03

Carraway Boulevard south at the Red Mountain Expressway and 26th Street. Truck U.S. 11 shields were posted for 26th Street here, but no others appeared to the south. 10/01/03

Sign bridge with button copy overheads on flyover linking U.S. 31/280 north with I-59/20. 10/01/03

U.S. 280 west ends at 26th Street and Carraway Boulevard (U.S. 31). 10/01/03