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Airport Road is a major east–west thoroughfare in Huntsville, Alabama [1] that connects the Jones Valley and Hampton Cove subdivisions to Memorial Parkway and the rest of the city. On average approximately 32,000 vehicles travel the 2-mile stretch of road a day.
United first served Huntsville in 1961 when it acquired Capital Airlines which had scheduled Vickers Viscounts nonstop from Huntsville's old airport (at 1949 diagram) to Memphis, Knoxville and Washington, D.C., and direct to New York (LaGuardia and Newark) and Philadelphia. Until 1967, United used the same Viscounts, then introduced Boeing 727 ...
Eppley Airfield (IATA: OMA, ICAO: KOMA, FAA LID: OMA), also known as Omaha Airport, is an airport in the midwestern United States, located three miles (5 km) northeast of downtown Omaha, Nebraska. On the west bank of the Missouri River in Douglas County , it is the largest airport in Nebraska, with more arrivals and departures than all other ...
The “Airport Road Tornado” occurred near the Redstone Arsenal at 4:30 p.m. and then raced northeast through Madison County. It produced an 18.5-mile-long damage path and at its peak, produced ...
Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama.The population was 215,006 at the 2020 census and was estimated to be 225,564 in 2023, making it the 100th-most populous city in the U.S. [12] [13] [11] The Huntsville metropolitan area had an estimated 527,000 residents in 2023 and is the second-most populous metro area in the state, after Birmingham.
The metro area's principal city is Huntsville, and consists of two counties: Limestone and Madison. As of the 2020 United States census, the Huntsville Metropolitan Area's population was 491,723, making it the 2nd-largest metropolitan area in Alabama (behind only the Birmingham metropolitan area) and the 113th-largest in the United States. [2]
More than one tornado has struck Huntsville, Alabama in its history. The first documented tornado to strike Huntsville occurred in April 1822. [1] An F2 tornado struck on the evening of April Fools' Day 1884. The tornado was on the ground for 82 miles, traveled through five counties, and caused 2 known deaths. [2] 3 tornadoes struck the city in ...
The Merrimack Mill Village Historic District is a historic district in Huntsville, Alabama. The cotton mill was built in 1900 by the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, reaching a peak of 1,600 employees by 1955. The mill was sold in 1946, and became known as the Huntsville Manufacturing Company. It operated until 1989 and was torn down in 1992.