Estate of Willie C. Lloyd, Deceased, Iva Nell Holman, Executrix - Page 9

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          however, does not extend to the intersection of Cahaba River Road           
          and Highway 280.  Rather, an Alabama Power Co. right-of-way,                
          intersecting both Cahaba River Road and Highway 280, forms the              
          northern border of parcel A.  As a result of this right-of-way,             
          parcel A only abuts Highway 280 for approximately 300 feet.  The            
          Bell property consists of much of the center of this triangular             
          area of land.  The Bell property is a somewhat square piece of              
          land abutting the intersection of Highway 280 and I-459 and                 
          extending almost to Cahaba River Road, leaving parcel A with an             
          irregular shape resembling an hourglass.                                    
               Parcel B is a triangular piece of land located immediately             
          across Highway 280 from the Bell property.  A small hill or ridge           
          separates parcel B from the intersection of Highway 280 and I-              
          459.  Prior to the construction of I-459, parcel B contained a              
          large depression roughly 4 acres in size.  Approximately 2 of the           
          remaining 6 acres were moderately flat, and the remaining 4 acres           
          consisted of steep, sloping terrain.  As the depression                     
          subtracted from the utility of the parcel, Held and Dudley                  
          arranged to have it filled with excess earth and rock which had             
          accumulated during the I-459 construction project.  In some                 
          areas, the fill is estimated to be as much as 40 feet in depth.             
          With the fill in place, approximately 6 acres of parcel B have a            
          reasonably level grade.                                                     
               Prior to 1985, parcels  A and B were outside the corporate             
          limits of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, and were zoned for               




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