Garfield Boulevard is an east-west street on the south side of Chicago and its immediate western suburbs. Its western segment, entirely known as 55th Street, runs east from Maple Avenue in Downers Grove until it becomes Joliet Road in Countryside. Its eastern segment, known only as Garfield Boulevard from Western Avenue in Gage Park to Elsworth Drive in Washington Park, runs east from Archer Avenue and Narragansett Avenue to South Shore Drive, just west of U.S. Route 41 (Lake Shore Drive). All of the eastern segment of 55th Street lies within the city limits of Chicago.
At Elsworth Drive in Washington Park, Garfield Boulevard is redesignated as 55th Street, intersecting Cottage Grove Avenue shortly east of this point. From Cottage Grove Avenue to University Avenue, 55th Street forms the northern boundary of the University of Chicago campus. 55th Street finally intersects South Shore Drive, where the street continues east until a cul-de-sac just west of U.S. Route 41 (Lake Shore Drive).[3]
The section of the street renamed Garfield Boulevard was named to honor the twentieth president, James A. Garfield after his assassination in 1881. The same was the case with the naming of Garfield Park.
Transportation
As a major east-west road, 55th Street/Garfield Boulevard is served by multiple transportation hubs, including Midway International Airport, and corridors.
55 Garfield is a CTA bus route from Midway station at Midway Airport to the Museum of Science and Industry. 55A 55th/Austin and 55N 55th/Narragansett are two CTA bus routes that run west from Midway to Austin Avenue/65th Street and Narragansett/63rd Place, respectively. 330 Mannheim–LaGrange Roads, a Pace bus route, runs along 55th Street for a short distance.[4]
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