The new roundabouts serving the Birmingham Zoo, Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Mountain Brook Village are expected to be completed this Fall, according to local officials.

Read on to learn about this new and exciting project and see the latest drone photos of the site.

Roundabouts: Birmingham and Mountain Brook partnership

The roundabouts project, which began in January 2025, is a partnership between Birmingham and Mountain Brook.

Located in the middle of Birmingham and Mountain Brook city limits at the intersection of the US-280 off ramp, Cahaba Road, Chester Road, and Lane Park Road near the Birmingham Zoo, the total cost of the initiative is $3.5 million.

The federal portion of the project is $2.8 million, while the remaining $700,000 is split between the two municipalities.

“It is the flagship entrance to one of our most vibrant villages. It’s also what our visitors see when they come to one of Birmingham’s greatest tourist attractions — the zoo and the botanical gardens.

We’re huge fans of regional cooperation and we’ve really enjoyed the process of working with the city of Birmingham.”
Graham Smith, Mountain Brook City Councilor

Smith also told Bham Now that traffic engineers consider roundabouts the gold standard when it comes to safety. It is the reason we are seeing many more of them built in the Birmingham-metro area.

Check out the latest drone photos:

Construction on the two roundabouts are occurring overnight to help limit disruptions on Mountain Brook Village.

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