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U.S. Route 280 (US 280) is a spur of U.S. Highway 80. It currently runs for 392 miles (631 km) from Blitchton, Georgia, at US 80 to Birmingham, Alabama at I-20/I-59. For much of its route, US 280 travels through rural areas and smaller cities in southern Georgia and east central Alabama. Once the highway approaches Birmingham, it is a major ...
Birmingham: Tennessee state line 1928 [3] 1957 Replaced by new SR 79 south of Cleveland and extended SR 53 north of Cleveland because the route was north-south SR 38: 138.025: 222.130 US 31 at Homewood: US 280 at the Georgia state line 1957: current Unsigned, concurrent with US 280 from Homewood eastward SR 39: 23.057: 37.107
The Red Mountain Expressway Cut, also known as the Red Mountain Geological Cut, is a section of Red Mountain that was blasted and removed in the 1960s to allow the Red Mountain Expressway to enter downtown Birmingham, Alabama. This highway links Birmingham with its southern suburbs of Homewood, Mountain Brook, and Vestavia Hills. It has spurred ...
U.S. Route 31 (US 31) is the highway with the longest segment in Alabama, with 386.449 miles (621.929 km). The shortest is US 72 Alternate, crossing 68.3 miles (109.9 km) of North Alabama. [1] One former U.S. Highway existed in Alabama: US 241. It traveled through the eastern part of the state. US 241 was replaced by US 280 and US 431 in 1954. [2]
Inverness is a former census-designated place and now neighborhood within Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It derives from a Scottish city of the same name. U.S. Route 280 runs through Inverness and includes many restaurants and shopping centers, along with a major intersection with Valleydale Road (County Road 17).
The Summit, which opened in October 1997, is a 1 million square foot (93,000 m 2) upscale lifestyle center located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 280 and Interstate 459 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, between the suburbs of Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills.
Cahaba (Highway 280, Lake Purdy, Overton) Crestline (Crestline, Eastwood) Crestwood (Crestwood North, Crestwood South) East Birmingham (East Birmingham, Inglenook, Kingston, North Avondale) East Lake (Brown Springs, East Lake, Gate City, North East Lake, Wahouma, Zion City)
Birmingham also has two community colleges: Jefferson State Community College, with enrollment of 8,000 plus is the largest in Alabama, and Lawson State Community College with enrollment of approximately 4,000. Between these colleges and universities, the Birmingham area has major colleges of medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, law ...