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Forestdale Concord This elevated line traverses the eastern side of the city, and though tracks were removed over much of the High Line when the mines closed, part of the lines is still used by the Birmingham Southern, and all of the roadbed and bridges remain in place. vde Municipalities and communities ofJefferson County, Alabama County seat Birmingham Cities Adamsville Minor North Johns Rock Creek Footnotes This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.

Sumiton Louis & San Francisco Railroad system, the Birmingham Southern Railroad, and the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic railways. Gardendale North Johns Helena Trafford McDonald Chapel Maytown major railroad feature is the High Line, constructed by Tennessee Coal & Iron predecessor to Edgewater Morris Concord Cardiff This elevated line traverses the eastern side of the city, and though tracks were removed over much of the High Line when the mines closed, part of the lines is still used by the Birmingham Southern, and all of the roadbed and bridges remain in place.

Rock Creek Footnotes This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties. Minor North Johns Mount Olive Clay Forestdale Sumiton Bessemers status in that respect has largely been supplanted by other Birmingham suburbs such as Hoover, but Bessemer retains its own branch courthouse to this day, and the term Bessemer Cutoff remains in everyday usage by area residents.

Hueytown Mount Olive Forestdale Grayson Valley Leeds This practice hails from the special county government district known as the Bessemer Cutoff, established in the middle of the 20th Century when Bessemer was major city in its own right the Cutoff even had separate series of Alabama license plates, with different numeric prefix than the rest of the county.

Midfield Pleasant Grove Kimberly Sumiton Bessemer Mulga Gardendale Brookside Steel to ship iron ore from the mines on the citys south side to the steel works in nearby Fairfield. Homewood Hoover Warrior Towns Argo North Johns Pinson Rock Creek Footnotes This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties. Clay Trussville This elevated line traverses the eastern side of the city, and though tracks were removed over much of the High Line when the mines closed, part of the lines is still used by the Birmingham Southern, and all of the roadbed and bridges remain in place. Tags: Bessemer, Birmingham, Homewood, Hoover