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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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