1st Avenue (Chicago)

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1st Avenue (Cumberland Avenue)
8400 West
Thatcher Avenue
Former name(s)Pueblo Avenue
Part ofIllinois 171.svg IL 171
Length15.70 miles (25.27 km) (southern segment)
1.50 miles (2.41 km) (northern segment)
17.20 miles (27.68 km) (total)
Location Chicago
South endI-55.svg I-55 in Summit
North endChurch Street in Niles

1st Avenue, also known as Cumberland Avenue and Thatcher Avenue for parts of its northern segment, is a north-south street in Chicago and its western suburbs. It marks 8400 West in the Chicago address system, being located ten and one-half miles west of State Street.

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Its southern segment begins at an interchange with Interstate 55 (Stevenson Expressway) in Summit. At this point, it is called 1st Avenue and carries Illinois Route 171. In Lyons village, the road intersects U.S. Route 34 (Ogden Avenue). [1] In North Riverside, 1st Avenue intersects 22nd Street. In Maywood, it intersects Roosevelt Road. 1st Avenue then intersects Interstate 290 (Eisenhower Expressway) in Maywood. While still in Maywood, 1st Avenue intersects Madison Street, crossing from the south side of the metropolitan area to the north side. Other streets that 1st Avenue intersects in Maywood are Lake Street and Chicago Avenue. In Melrose Park, 1st Avenue intersects Illinois Route 64 (North Avenue). In River Grove, the road intersects Fullerton Avenue and Grand Avenue. Between these two streets, 1st Avenue ends and continues as Thatcher Avenue, which splits to the southeast and continues until Hawthorne Avenue in River Forest. While still in River Grove, Thatcher Avenue intersects Belmont Avenue. It is at this point where Thatcher Avenue ends and Cumberland Avenue begins (the designation it will carry for the remainder of its routing). Next, Cumberland Avenue enters the city of Chicago and intersects the west end of Addison Street. Then, it intersects Illinois Route 19 (Irving Park Road). The next road Cumberland Avenue intersects is Montrose Avenue (at which it enters the village of Norridge), followed by Lawrence Avenue, and then Foster Avenue, re-entering Chicago a block past. Next, the road has an interchange with Interstate 90 (Kennedy Expressway). At the northernmost portion of the interchange, Cumberland Avenue intersects Illinois Route 72 (Higgins Road). Illinois Route 171 ends at this point as well. Further north into Park Ridge, the road intersects Devon Avenue and Touhy Avenue. The southern segment of Cumberland Avenue ends at Clifton Avenue and Cedar Street in Park Ridge.

Cumberland Avenue resumes at Oakton Street while still in Park Ridge. Continuing north into Niles, the road intersects U.S. Route 14 (Dempster Street). Cumberland Avenue continues north until ending at Church Street in Niles.

In the '20s, Chicago annexed the area of 84th Av and under the Brennan street name system (K-L-M-N-O-P) renamed it "Pueblo". [2] When Chicago replaced their street signs in the 1970s, they replaced the "Pueblo" signs with "Cumberland Av".

Major Intersections

The entire route is in Cook County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Summit 0.00.0South plate.svg
Illinois 171.svg
IL 171 south
Continuation beyond I-55
I-55.svg I-55 (Stevenson Expressway) Chicago, St. Louis Southern terminus, I-55 exit 282
McCook 0.71.1US 66 (IL historic).svg Historic US 66 Interchange
1.21.947th StreetInterchange
Lyons 1.93.1US 34.svg US 34 (Ogden Avenue)
Maywood 5.99.5I-290.svgChicago-Kansas City Expressway plate.svg
Illinois 110.svg
I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway) / IL 110 (CKC)
I-290 exit 20
Melrose Park 8.413.5Illinois 64.svg IL 64 (North Avenue)
Chicago 11.518.5Illinois 19.svg IL 19 (Irving Park Road)
13.722.0Toll plate yellow.svg
I-90.svg
To plate blue.svg
West plate blue.svg
I-190.svg
I-90 Toll (Kennedy Expressway) to I-190 west Chicago, O'Hare, Rockford
I-90 exit 79
ChicagoPark Ridge
city line
13.822.2Illinois 72.svgEnd plate.svg
Illinois 171.svg
IL 72 (Higgins Road) / IL 171 ends
Northern end of IL 171 concurrency
Park Ridge 15.725.3Clifton AvenueContinues as Cedar Street
Gap in route
Niles 15.725.3Oakton Street
16.726.9US 14.svg US 14 (Dempster Street)
17.227.7Church StreetNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 "Overview Map of 1st Ave" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  2. "What ever happened to Pueblo Avenue?". wbez.org. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved January 12, 2021.