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Getting to Brookside

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Directions: FROM BIRMINGHAM

I-65 North to Exit 264
41st Avenue

Exit ramp off I-65 & under the interstate and past Flying J Gas Plaza
Continue to Drive west on Daniel Payne Drive
At the 2nd traffic signal, turn right onto Coalburg Road
Drive 7 miles to a “T” intersection at Sharon Heights Baptist Church At the “T” intersection turn right onto Brookside-Bevins Road
Drive ½ mile to old town Brookside to 4-Way Stop
Go through 4-Way Stop—the road becomes Price Street
Drive one block on Price Street and turn left at stop sign onto Cardiff Street. Follow Cardiff Street making a 90 degree right turn at stop sign into Bensko Park.

Directions from Gardendale

I-65 South
Fieldstown Road Exit

Exit right off I-65 onto Fieldstown Road
Cracker Barrel will be on your left and a Shell Station on your right. Go approx. 4 miles to the end of Fieldstown Road. Turn right onto Brookside-Coalburg Road. Go approx. 4 miles to “T” intersection at Sharon Heights Baptist Church. At the “T” intersection turn right onto Brookside-Bevins Road
Drive ½ mile to old town Brookside to 4-Way Stop
Go through 4-Way Stop—the road becomes Price Street
Drive one block on Price Street and turn left at stop sign onto Cardiff Street. Follow Cardiff Street making a 90 degree right turn until you reach Five Mile Creek at the Ball Park Bridge.


From Graysville/U.S. Hwy 78

Exit Hwy 78 at West Jefferson/Flat Top Road and go past U.S. Post Office and Am South Bank. Turn left onto Main Street. At first traffic light turn right onto Cherry Avenue. Go approx 3+ miles traveling under I-22 (Corridor X) road construction. Pass Mtn. View Golf Course sign. Turn left onto Brookside-Cardiff Road which is the next road on your left at Linda’s Country Kitchen & 777 Arcade. Go approx one mile and turn right onto Cardiff Street (bridge crosses Five Mile Creek)
Cardiff Street makes a sharp right 90 degree turn .make a right turn at stop sign into Bensko Park.

From US 78/I-22

Exit US 78 on Brookside Exit travel east on I-22 to Exit 87.(Graysville) Turn Left at intersection on County Road 112 East. Go past Mt. View Golf Course Sign and turn left at Firehouse Grill on Cardiff-Brookside Road. Go 1.2 miles, turn Right onto Cardiff Street.

TO City Hall (currently housed in trailers)
On Main Street, City Hall in trailers on left

TO: Meeting Place for Canoe/Hiking
Turn right at the first stop sign on to Main Street
Turn left at the next street – Market Street
Park behind the old Saloon on the corner.