Roads and expressways in Chicago

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Sunset view of the Chicago Skyway tollbooths at the entrance to the Chicago southbound city limits

Roads and expressways in Chicago summarizes the main thoroughfares and the numbering system used in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs.

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Street layout

Chicago's streets were laid out in a grid that grew from the city's original townsite plan platted by James Thompson. Streets following the Public Land Survey System section lines later became arterial streets in outlying sections. As new additions to the city were platted, city ordinance required them to be laid out with eight streets to the mile in one direction and 16 in the other direction. A scattering of diagonal streets, many of them originally Native American trails[ citation needed ], also cross the city. Many additional diagonal streets were recommended in the Plan of Chicago, but only the extension of Ogden Avenue was ever constructed. In the 1950s and 1960s, a network of superhighways was built radiating from the city center. [1]

As the city grew and annexed adjacent towns, problems arose with duplicate street names and a confusing numbering system based on the Chicago River. On June 22, 1908, the city council adopted a system proposed by Edward P. Brennan; [2] amended June 21, 1909. The changes were effective September 1, 1909 for most of the city. [3]

Addresses in Chicago and some suburbs are numbered outward from baselines at State Street, which runs north and south, and Madison Street, which runs east and west.

The division of Chicago's directional address system is at State Street - separating East (E) from West (W), and Madison Street - North (N) from South (S). State and Madison 2010.JPG
The division of Chicago's directional address system is at State Street - separating East (E) from West (W), and Madison Street - North (N) from South (S).

A book was published in 1909 by The Chicago Directory Company indexing the old and new street numbers for most of Chicago. This volume is available online in PDF format indexed by initial letter, Plan of Re-Numbering, City of Chicago, August 1909. [3] The opening text of the book says: EXPLANATORY

The new house numbering plan passed by the City Council June 22, 1908, to be in force and effect September 1, 1909, makes Madison Street from Lake Michigan to the city limits on the west the base line for numbering all north and south streets and streets running in northerly or southerly direction. For east and west streets and streets running in a generally east and west direction the base line is State Street from the southern city boundary line to North Avenue, thence extended by an imaginary line through Lincoln Park and Lake Michigan.

The downtown area did not conform to this system until April 1, 1911, per an amendment to the law on June 20, 1910. Downtown was defined as Lake Michigan on the east, Roosevelt Road (Twelfth Street) on the south, and the Chicago River on the north and west. The addition to cover downtown was published, and is also on line as a pdf indexed by downtown street name. [4]

This additional paragraph explained the downtown changes:

The 1909 address change did not affect downtown Chicago, between the river and Roosevelt Road, the river and Lake Michigan. The ordinance was amended June 20, 1910 to include the downtown area. The new addresses for the “loop” went into use on April 1, 1911.

Chicago house numbers are generally assigned at the rate of 800 to a mile. The only exceptions are from Madison to 31st Street, just south of downtown. Roosevelt Road (previously Twelfth St) is one mile south of Madison with 1200 addresses to the mile, Cermak Road (previously 22nd Street) is two miles south of Madison with 1000 addresses to the mile, and 31st Street (3100 S) is three miles south of Madison with 900 addresses to the mile. [3] South of 31st Street, the pattern of 800 to the mile resumes, with 39th Street the next major street, 47th after that, and so on. Individual house numbers are normally assigned at the rate of one per 20 feet of frontage. Thus the last two digits of house numbers generally go only as high as 67 before the next block number is reached. Higher house numbers are found on diagonal streets and have sometimes been assigned by request.

The blocks are normally counted out by "hundreds," so that Chicagoans routinely give directions by saying things such as "about twelve hundred north on Western" or "around twenty-four hundred west on Division" (which both describe the intersection of Western Avenue (2400 W) and Division Street (1200 N)).

South of Madison Street most of the east–west streets are simply numbered. The street numbering is aligned with the house numbering, so that 95th Street is exactly 9500 South. "Half-block" east–west thoroughfares in this area are numbered and called places; 95th Place would lie just south of and parallel to 95th Street, and just north of 96th Street.

Every four blocks (half-mile) is a major secondary street. For example, Division Street (1200 N) is less important than either Chicago Avenue (800 N) or North Avenue (1600 N), but is still a major thoroughfare. However, this is not always the case; for example, on the city's Far North Side, Peterson Avenue (6000 N) is a more heavily trafficked street than Bryn Mawr Avenue (5600 N), which sits exactly at the 7-mile marker. U.S. Route 14 is routed along Peterson between Clark Street at 1600 W and Cicero Avenue at 4800 W, whereas Bryn Mawr is discontinuous, split into two segments in this part of the city by Rosehill Cemetery between Damen and Western Avenues.

Even-numbered addresses are found on the north and west sides of a street, and odd numbers are found on the south and east sides, irrespective of the streets' position relative to the corner of State and Madison.

Diagonals, even if they were to run exactly 45 degrees off of the cardinal directions, are numbered as if they were north–south or east–west streets. Examples are North Lincoln Avenue and Ogden Avenue, which bends at Madison and changes from North Ogden to West Ogden.

The northernmost street in Chicago is Juneway Terrace (7800 N), just north of Howard Street. The southern boundary is 138th Street. The eastern boundary of Chicago is Avenue A/State Line Road (4100 E) along and south of 106th Street, and the furthest west the city extends is in the portion of O'Hare International Airport that lies in DuPage County, just east of Elmhurst/York Road.

Street names

While all north–south streets within city limits are named, rather than numbered, smaller streets in some areas are named in groups all starting with the same letter; thus, when traveling westward on a Chicago street, starting just past Pulaski Road (4000 W), one will cross a mile-long stretch of streets which have names starting with the letter K (From east to west: Keystone (North Side)/Komensky (South Side), Karlov, Kedvale, Keeler, Kildare, Kolin, Kostner, Kenneth, Kilbourn, Kolmar, Kenton, Knox, Kilpatrick, Keating), giving rise to the expression "K-town". These streets are found approximately in the 11th mile west of the Indiana state line, and so begin with the 11th letter of the alphabet. A mile later, just past Cicero (4800 W), the starting letter changes to L, and mile by mile the letters progress up to P. Additionally, for most of the first mile west of the Illinois/Indiana state line, streets are lettered from Avenue A at the state line (4100 E) to Avenue O (3430 E), forming the A group. The areas that might otherwise be the B through J groups are the older parts of the city where street names were already well established before this system was developed (although some small groups of streets seem to have been given names intended to conform to the system), and the Q group (8800 to 9600 W) would fall west of the city, as the only land in Chicago west of 8800 West is O'Hare International Airport, undeveloped forest preserve, and a small strip of land connecting O'Hare to the rest of the city and containing only Foster Avenue.

Suburbs

Some suburbs number their east–west streets in a continuation of the Chicago pattern, and even more number their houses according to the Chicago grid. A few suburbs also number their north–south avenues according to the Chicago grid, although such numbering vanished from Chicago itself long ago (the alphabetical naming scheme was devised to help eliminate it). For example, the 54th/Cermak terminus of the Pink Line is located near the intersection of 54th Avenue and Cermak Road (22nd Street) in Cicero. This is 54 blocks west of State Street in Chicago. A minor street 54+12 blocks west of State Street would be called 54th Court (in reality, that is Lotus Avenue in Chicago).

This pattern continues as far west as Plainfield, which has a 252nd Avenue, as far north as Skokie at Central Street (10100 North), [5] and as far south as the southern edge of Will County. Suburbs that follow the Chicago numbering system include Berwyn, Bridgeview, Brookfield, Burbank, Channahon, Chicago Heights, Cicero, Crystal Lake, Elwood, Evergreen Park, Franklin Park, Justice, Lincolnwood, Matteson, Monee, Morris, Morton Grove, Niles, North Chicago, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Orland Park, Oswego, River Grove, Rosemont, Skokie, Westchester, unincorporated parts of Des Plaines, Glenview, and other parts of Cook County, Will, DuPage, Kendall, and Grundy Counties. Other suburbs, including Evanston, Park Ridge, Oak Park, Glenview and Wilmette use their own numbering systems. The six "collar" counties (DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will) use State and Madison as a base line. For example, 32W000 in DuPage County is 32 miles west of State Street, 38000 in Lake County would be 38 miles north of Madison Street, and is normally used without the direction letter. In these counties, unlike Chicago, numbering is 1,000 numbers to the mile, so in DuPage County 32+12 miles west is 32W500.

Some Chicago suburbs in adjoining Northwest Indiana also use the Chicago numbering system. These include East Chicago, Whiting, and Hammond. There are even examples further south in Lake County in Dyer and Schererville such as 205th Place through 215th Street (these examples coordinate with the Chicago grid, not the Gary street system). Other municipalities, such as Highland, and Griffith are based on the Gary, Indiana numbering system, beginning with 5th Avenue in Gary and increasing numerically as one travels southward. Examples in Scheider in the far south of Lake County, Indiana go as far down as 244th Avenue.

The aforementioned pattern also occurs in Waukegan, Illinois, with Washington Street being the baseline between north and south. Nearby municipalities such as Gurnee, Park City, and North Chicago continue with the Waukegan numbering pattern, while rural areas in Lake County, Illinois follow the Chicago grid.

Grid

Mile roads

East–West StreetsNorth–South Streets
MileAddress numberStreet nameRoute designationAddress numberStreet nameRoute designation
3939000 W Orchard Road [lower-alpha 1] CR 83 jct.svg CR 83 (Kane)
3838000 WPeck Road; Edgelawn DriveCR 84 jct.svg CR 84 (Kane)
3737000 W Randall Road [lower-alpha 2] CR 34 jct.svg CR 34 (Kane) CR 16 jct.svg CR 16 (Kendall)
3636000 WLincolnway Street; Lake StreetIllinois 31.svgLincolnHighwayMarker.svg IL 31  / Lincoln Highway
35+1235500 WMcLean Boulevard [lower-alpha 3] Illinois 31.svg IL 31
3535000 W5th Street; River StreetIllinois 25.svg IL 25
34+1234500 W IL 31; Mitchell Road (276th Avenue)Illinois 31.svg IL 31
Illinois 25.svg IL 25
3434000 WOhio Street (272nd Avenue) [lower-alpha 4]
33+1233500 WFarnsworth Avenue; Ridge Road (268th Avenue) [lower-alpha 5] CR V37 jct.svg CR V37 (Grundy)
3333000 WKautz Road (264th Avenue) [lower-alpha 6] Illinois 25.svg IL 25
32+1226000 N8th Street32500 WEola Road (260th Avenue) [lower-alpha 7] CR 14 jct.svg CR 14 (DuPage)
CR 18 jct.svg CR 18 (DuPage)
3225600 N12th Street; McGaw Road32000 WBeverly Road (256th Avenue)
31+1225200 N16th Street31500 W252nd Avenue (Normantown Road)
3124800 N20th Street; Townline Road31000 W248th Avenue [lower-alpha 8]
30+1224400 N24th Street30500 W Munger Road (244th Avenue) [lower-alpha 9] CR 18 jct.svg CR 18 (DuPage)
3024000 NBuckley RoadIllinois 137.svg IL 137 30000 W IL 59 (240th Avenue)Illinois 59.svg IL 59
US 30.svgLincolnHighwayMarker.svg US 30  / Lincoln Highway
2923200 NErhart Road29000 WRickert Drive; Book Road (232nd Avenue)US 34.svg US 34
CR 1 jct.svg CR 1 (DuPage)
2822400 NDunbar Road [lower-alpha 10] 28000 WPlainfield–Naperville Road (224th Avenue) [lower-alpha 11] CR 1 jct.svg CR 1 (DuPage)
CR 14 jct.svg CR 14 (Will)
2721600 NHawley StreetCR A38 jct.svg CR A38 (Lake)27000 WBarrington Road [lower-alpha 12] (216th Avenue)
2620800 NAllanson Road20400 WBartlett Road
2520000 NCrystal Lake Avenue20300 WHough StreetIllinois 59.svg IL 59
2419200 NIndian Creek RoadUS 14.svg US 14 20000 WSummit Street
2318400 NMiller Road; Rakow Road18000 WRoselle RoadCR 4 jct.svg CR 4 (DuPage)
2217600 NHalf Day Road; Prairie AvenueIllinois 22.svg IL 22 16600 W IL 53; Meacham Road (176th Avenue)Illinois 53.svg IL 53
CR V64 jct.svg CR V64
2116800 NPark Avenue [lower-alpha 13] 16200 W Rohlwing Road [lower-alpha 14] (168th Avenue)Illinois 53.svg IL 53
CR 56 jct.svg CR 56 (DuPage)
20.516400 NAptakisic Road [lower-alpha 15] 16000 WBarker Avenue
2016000 NGreenwood Avenue15800 WLemont Road [lower-alpha 16] (160th Avenue)CR 9 jct.svg CR 9 (DuPage)
19.515600 NDeerfield Road15400 WWilke Road
1915200 NRoger Williams Avenue15000 WFairview Avenue [lower-alpha 17] (152nd Avenue)CR 25 jct.svg CR 25 (DuPage)
18.514800 NRidgelee Road14600 WWilliams Street; Fernandez Avenue
1814400 NCommercial Avenue14200 WArdmore Avenue; Cedar Road [lower-alpha 18] (144th Avenue)CR 15 jct.svg CR 15 (DuPage)
US 52.svg US 52
17.514000 NDundee RoadIllinois 68.svg IL 68 13800 WGoebbert Road
1713600 NWalters Avenue13400 W Busse Road; Kingery Highway [lower-alpha 19] (136th Avenue)Illinois 83.svg IL 83
16.513200 NTower Road13100 WLinneman Road
1612800 NPalatine Road [lower-alpha 20] 12800 WElmhurst Road; York Road [lower-alpha 21] CR 8 jct.svg CR 8 (DuPage)
15.512400 NWillow Road [lower-alpha 22] 12400 WGarfield Street; Marshall Drive
1512000 NWinnetka Road12000 WMt. Prospect Road; County Line Road [lower-alpha 23]
14.511600 NIllinois Road11600 WTaft Avenue; Warrington Road
1411200 NLake Avenue11200 WWolf RoadUS 6.svgIllinois 7.svg US 6  / IL 7
CR W22 jct.svg CR W22
13.510800 NWilmette Avenue10800 WGilbert Avenue; Willow Springs Road [lower-alpha 24] CR W75 jct.svg CR W75
1310400 NGlenview Road10400 W Mannheim Road [lower-alpha 25] US 12.svgUS 20.svgUS 45.svg US 12  / US 20  / US 45
12.510000 NOld Orchard Road [lower-alpha 26] Illinois 83.svg IL 83 10000 WScott Street; West Avenue [lower-alpha 27]
129600 NGolf RoadIllinois 58.svg IL 58 9600 W25th Avenue [lower-alpha 28] (96th Avenue)US 12.svgUS 20.svgUS 45.svg US 12  / US 20  / US 45
11.59200 NChurch Street9200 W17th Avenue; Maple Avenue [lower-alpha 29]
118800 N Dempster Street US 14.svgIllinois 58.svg US 14  / IL 58 8800 W9th Avenue; East River Road [lower-alpha 30] CR W30 jct.svg CR W30
10+128400 NMain Street8400 W 1st Avenue; Cumberland Avenue [lower-alpha 31] Illinois 171.svg IL 171
108000 NOakton Steet8000 WPacific Avenue [lower-alpha 32] CR W32 jct.svg CR W32
9+127600 N Howard Street 7600 WOriole Avenue [lower-alpha 33]
97200 N Touhy Avenue Illinois 72.svg IL 72 7200 W Harlem Avenue (72nd Avenue)Illinois 43.svg IL 43 US 66 (historic).svg US 66
8.56800 NPratt Boulevard6800 WOak Park Avenue; Newcastle Avenue [lower-alpha 34] (68th Avenue)
86400 N Devon Avenue CR 6 jct.svg CR 6 (DuPage)6400 WNarragansett Avenue; Nagle Avenue [lower-alpha 35] (64th Avenue)
7+126000 NPeterson Avenue6000 WAustin Avenue (60th Avenue)
75600 NBryn Mawr Avenue5600 WCentral Avenue (56th Avenue)
6+125200 N Foster Avenue 5200 WLaramie Avenue (52nd Avenue)
64800 NLawrence Avenue4800 W Cicero Avenue [lower-alpha 36] (48th Avenue)US 41.svgIllinois 50.svgIllinois 83.svg US 41  / IL 50  / IL 83
5+124400 NMontrose Avenue4400 WKostner Avenue (44th Avenue)
54000 N Irving Park Road Illinois 19.svg IL 19 4000 W Pulaski Road [lower-alpha 37] (40th Avenue)
4+123600 N Addison Street 3600 WCentral Park Avenue
43200 N Belmont Avenue 3200 W Kedzie Avenue (32nd Avenue)
3+122800 N Diversey Parkway 2800 WCalifornia Avenue (28th Avenue) [lower-alpha 38]
32400 N Fullerton Avenue 2400 W Western Avenue [lower-alpha 39] (24th Avenue)
2+122000 N Armitage Avenue 2000 W Damen Avenue (20th Avenue) [lower-alpha 40]
21600 N North Avenue Illinois 64.svg IL 64 1600 W Ashland Avenue (16th Avenue)
1+121200 N Division Street 1200 WRacine Avenue (12th Avenue)
1800 N Chicago Avenue 800 W Halsted Street (8th Avenue)Illinois 1.svg IL 1
12400 NKinzie Street; Hamilton Street400 WSedgwick Street (4th Avenue)
00 N/S Madison Street 0 E/W State Street (Middle Avenue)CR W55 jct.svg CR W55
12600 SHarrison Street (6th Street)CR 62 jct.svg CR 62 400 EMartin Luther King Jr. Drive (South Parkway)CR W55 jct.svg CR W55
11200 S Roosevelt Road (12th Street)Illinois 38.svg IL 38 800 E Cottage Grove Avenue
1+121600 S16th Street1200 EWoodlawn Avenue
22200 S Cermak Road (22nd Street) [lower-alpha 41] 1600 E Stony Island Avenue; Volbrecht Road
2+122600 S26th Street2000 EJeffery Boulevard
33100 S31st Street (Oak Brook Road)CR 34 jct.svg CR 34 (DuPage)2400 EYates Boulevard
3+123500 S35th Street2800 EBurnham Avenue
43900 S Pershing Road (39th Street)3200 EBrandon Avenue
4+124300 S43rd Street [lower-alpha 42] 3600 EAvenue L
54700 S47th Street [lower-alpha 43] 4000 EAvenue C
5+125100 S51st Street; Hyde Park Boulevard4400 EManor Avenue
65500 S Garfield Boulevard; 55th StreetCR 35 jct.svg CR 35 (DuPage)
6+125900 S59th Street [lower-alpha 44]
76300 S63rd StreetCR 38 jct.svg CR 38 (DuPage)
7+126700 S67th Street; Marquette Road
87100 S71st Street
8+127500 S75th StreetCR 33 jct.svg CR 33 (DuPage)
97900 S79th Street [lower-alpha 45] CR B40 jct.svg CR B40
9+128300 S83rd Street [lower-alpha 46]
108700 S87th Street [lower-alpha 47] CR 31 jct.svg CR 31 (DuPage)
10+129100 S91st Street
119500 S 95th Street US 12.svgUS 20.svg US 12  / US 20
CR 89 jct.svg CR 89 (Will)
11+129900 S99th Street
1210300 S103rd Street
12+1210700 S107th Street
1311100 S111th Street [lower-alpha 48] Illinois 83.svg IL 83
CR 66 jct.svg CR 66 (Will)
13+1211500 S115th Street [lower-alpha 49]
1411900 S119th Street [lower-alpha 50]
14+1212300 S123rd Street [lower-alpha 51]
1512700 S127th Street [lower-alpha 52] Illinois 83.svg IL 83
15+1213100 S131st Street
1613500 S135th Street;
Romeo Road [lower-alpha 53]
CR 35 jct.svg CR 35 (Will)
16+1213900 S139th Street
1714300 S143rd Street [lower-alpha 54] Illinois 7.svg IL 7
CR 37 jct.svg CR 37 (Will)
US 30.svg US 30
17+1214700 S147th StreetIllinois 83.svg IL 83
1815100 S151st Street; Lockport Street [lower-alpha 55] CR W32 jct.svg CR W32
Illinois 126.svg IL 126
18+1215500 S155th Street [lower-alpha 56] CR W55 jct.svg CR W55
1915900 S 159th Street [lower-alpha 57] Illinois 7.svgUS 6.svg IL 7  / US 6
CR 36 jct.svg CR 36 (Will)
19+1216300 S163rd Street [lower-alpha 58]
2016700 S167th Street [lower-alpha 59]
20+1217100 S171st StreetCR B60 jct.svg CR B60
2117500 S175th Street [lower-alpha 60] CR 5 jct.svg CR 5 (Will)
CR 23 jct.svg CR 23 (Kendall)
21+1217900 S179th Street
2218300 S183rd Street [lower-alpha 61]
22+1218700 S187th Street [lower-alpha 62] US 6.svg US 6
2319100 S191st Street [lower-alpha 63] CR B65 jct.svg CR B65
CR 84 jct.svg CR 84 (Will)
23+1219500 S195th Street
2419900 SVollmer Road; Jefferson StreetUS 52.svg US 52
24+1220300 S203rd Street; Joe Orr Road
2520700 S207th Street [lower-alpha 64]
25+1221100 S Lincoln Highway US 30.svgLincolnHighwayMarker.svg US 30  / Lincoln Highway
2621500 S215th Street
26+1221900 S26th Street (219th Street)
2722300 S30th Street; Laraway Road
(223rd Street)
CR 74 jct.svg CR 74 (Will)
27+1222700 S34th Street (227th Street)
2823100 SDelaney Road; Steger Road [lower-alpha 65] CR C12 jct.svgCR C13 jct.svg CR C12  / CR C13
2923900 SStuenkel Road; University Parkway
3024700 SBluff RoadCR 77 jct.svg CR 77 (Will)
30+1225100 SManhattan RoadCR 17 jct.svg CR 17 (Will)
3125500 SMonee-Manhattan Road; Arsenal RoadCR 6 jct.svg CR 6 (Will)
CR 17 jct.svg CR 17 (Will)
US 6.svg US 6
31+1225900 SCrete-Monee RoadCR 21 jct.svg CR 21 (Will)
32+1226700 SBemes Road
3327100 SPauling RoadCR 23 jct.svg CR 23 (Will)
33+1227500 SBlodgett Road; Marseilles Road [lower-alpha 66] CR C26 jct.svg CR C26 (Grundy)
US 6.svg US 6
3427900 SEagle Lake Road
34+1228300 SJoliet Road; North Peotone Road [lower-alpha 67] CR 80 jct.svg CR 80 (Will)
US 52.svg US 52
CR 20 jct.svg CR 20 (Will)
3528700 SBeecher Road; Indiana AvenueCR 24 jct.svg CR 24 (Will)
3629500 SWilmington RoadCR 25 jct.svg CR 25 (Will)
3730300 SCoal City Road; Division Street [lower-alpha 68] Illinois 113.svg IL 113
3831100 SReed Road; Kennedy RoadIllinois 113.svg IL 113
  1. Square Barn Road in Algonquin, Swanson Road in Crystal Lake
  2. Grove Road in Oswego
  3. Pyott Road in Crystal Lake, Banbury Road in Batavia, Douglas Road near Oswego
  4. Radant Road in Batavia
  5. Harvey Road in Oswego
  6. County Line Road in Plainfield
  7. Heggs Road in Plainfield, Kress Road in West Chicago
  8. Wallin Drive in Plainfield
  9. Van Dyke Road in Plainfield
  10. Blodgett Street in Lake Bluff
  11. Essington Road in Bolingbrook Plainfield, and Joliet
  12. Shaffner Road in Wheaton; Washington Street and Modaff Road in Naperville; Kings Road in Bolingbrook
  13. Duffy Lane in Riverwoods
  14. Columbine Avenue in Lombard; Woodward Avenue in Woodridge and Downers Grove; Smith Road in Lamont
  15. Berkeley Road in Highland Park
  16. Main Street in Lombard; Brookbank Road in Downers Grove
  17. Prospect Avenue in Itasca and Wood Dale
  18. Tonne Road in Elk Grove Village; Cass Avenue in Westmont and Darien; Walker Road in Lemont
  19. Clarendon Hills Road in Willowbrook and Darien; Parker Road in Homer Glen
  20. Pine Street in Winnetka
  21. Madison Street in Hinsdale and Willowbrook; Bell Road in Lemont and Homer Glen
  22. Thomas Street in Arlington Heights
  23. Will–Cook Road south of the Calumet Sag, Will Road in Diamond
  24. Roberta Avenue in Melrose Park, Northlake, and Franklin Park
  25. Brainard Avenue in La Grange and Countryside; Flavin Road in Willow Springs
  26. Lincoln Street in Mt. Prospect
  27. 33rd Avenue in Stone Park and Melrose Park; Eastern Avenue in Bellwood
  28. Kenman Avenue in La Grange Park; Rose Street in Schiller Park; La Grange Road south of the Calumet Sag
  29. Kean Avenue south of the Calumet Sag
  30. Cork Avenue and 88th Avenue south of the Calumet Sag
  31. 84th Avenue south of the Calumet Sag
  32. Roberts Road between the Des Plaines River and the Calumet Sag; 80th Avenue south of the Calumet Sag
  33. Lathrop Avenue in Forest Park and River Forest; 76th Avenue in Elmwood Park and south of the Calumet Sag
  34. 68th Avenue in Palos Heights
  35. Ridgeland Avenue in the suburbs
  36. Skokie Boulevard in Lincolnwood and Skokie
  37. Crawford Avenue in Lincolnwood and Skokie
  38. Dodge Avenue in Evanston
  39. Asbury Avenue in Evanston
  40. Custer Avenue in Evanston
  41. Fawell Boulevard in Glen Ellyn, Mack Road in Warrenville
  42. Shields Avenue in Brookfield
  43. Chicago Avenue in Hinsdale
  44. Hobson Road in Downers Grove
  45. Bailey Road in Naperville
  46. German Church Road in Willow Springs and Burr Ridge; Montgomery Road in Aurora
  47. Oldfield Road in Darien and Downers Grove Township, Keating Drive in Aurora and Wheatland Township
  48. Hassert Boulevard in Wheatland and Bolingbrook Township
  49. Claar Boulevard in Bolingbrook and DuPage Township
  50. Rodeo Drive in Bolingbrook, Plainfield and Wheatland Township
  51. McCarthy Road in Palos Park and Palos Township, Lemont Township and Lemont
  52. Normantown Road in Romeoville, Reagan Boulevard in Bolingbrook and Plainfield
  53. Pilcher Road in Plainfield
  54. Taylor Road in Romeoville, Plainfield Township, and Lockport Township
  55. Airport Road in Romeoville, Plainfield Township, and Lockport Township
  56. Dreesen Street in Harvey, 158th Street east of the Little Calumet River
  57. 162nd Street in South Holland, Renwick Road in Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Romeoville
  58. 7th Street in Lockport
  59. Division Street in Lockport
  60. Bruce Road in Lockport and Homer Glen, Caton Farm Road in Crystal Lawns and Crest Hill
  61. 186th Street east of the Calumet Expressway, Theodore Street in Crest Hill and Joliet
  62. Ingalls Avenue in Joliet
  63. Flossmoor Road in Flossmoor; Glenwood–Lansing Road in Glenwood and Lansing, Black Road in Joliet
  64. 10th Street in Chicago Heights
  65. Schweitzer Road in Joliet
  66. Offner Road south of Monee
  67. Lorenzo Road north of Braidwood, Pine Bluff Road south of Morris, Church Road in Beecher
  68. County Line Road south of Peotone

(No part of Golf Road, Dempster Street, Oakton Street, Wolf Road, LaGrange Road or 143rd Street to 311th Street actually lies within the boundaries of Chicago. These streets are included for reference, since they are a continuation of the Chicago mile street pattern into the suburbs.) [6]

Downtown

The density of main streets in downtown Chicago is greater than in the rest of the city, with some at half-block spacing (just 50 address numbers or one-sixteenth mile from the next parallel street), or block spacing between main streets, unlike the rest of the city where the main streets are spaced at half-mile and mile intervals:

Secondary streets

  • East/west:
    • 10000 N – (Old Orchard Road)
    • 9200 N – (Church Street)
    • 8400 N – (Main Street)
    • 7600 N – Howard Street
    • 6800 N – Pratt Avenue
    • 6000 N – US 14.svg Peterson Avenue
    • 5200 N – Foster Avenue
    • 4600 N – Wilson Avenue (not a half-mile)
    • 4400 N – Montrose Avenue
    • 3600 N – Addison Street
    • 2800 N – Diversey Parkway
    • 2000 N – Armitage Avenue
    • 1200 N – Division Street
    • 400 N – Kinzie Street
    • 1000 S – Taylor Street (not a half-mile)
    • 1600 S – 16th Street
    • 2600 S – 26th Street
    • 3500 S – 35th Street
    • 4300 S – 43rd Street
    • 5100 S – 51st Street (East Hyde Park Boulevard)
    • 5900 S – 59th Street
    • 6700 S – Marquette Road (67th Street)
    • 7500 S – CR 33 jct.svg CR 33 75th Street
    • 8300 S – 83rd Street (German Church Road in Willow Springs, Montgomery Road in Aurora)
    • 9100 S – 91st Street
    • 9900 S – 99th Street
    • 10400 S - 104th Street
    • 10700 S – 107th Street
    • 11500 S – 115th Street (Claar Boulevard in Bolingbrook)
    • 12300 S – 123rd Street (McCarthy Road in Palos Park)
    • 13000 S – 130th Street (not a half-mile)
    • 13800 S - 138th Street (boundary of Chicago)
  • North/south:
    • 9400 W – River Road (not a half-mile)
    • 8400 W – Illinois 171.svg 1st Avenue (Cumberland Avenue)
    • 7600 W – Oriole Avenue
    • 6800 W – Oak Park Avenue
    • 6000 W – Austin Avenue
    • 5200 W – Laramie Avenue
    • 4400 W – Kostner Avenue
    • 3600 W – Central Park Avenue
    • 3400 W – Kimball Avenue (Homan Avenue) not a half-mile
    • 2800 W – California Avenue
    • 2000 W – Damen Avenue
    • 1200 W – Racine Avenue
    • 400 E – Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (King Drive)
    • 1200 E – Woodlawn Avenue
    • 2000 E – Jeffery Boulevard
    • 2628 E – Torrence Avenue (not a half-mile)
    • 2800 E – Burnham Avenue
    • 3000 E – Commercial Avenue (not a half-mile)
    • 3600 E – Avenue L

The half-mile numbered streets on the South Side are all secondary streets: 35th, 43rd, 51st, 59th, etc.; all are numbered aside from Marquette Road, running at 6700 S, west from King Drive (400 E) to the city's western limit at Cicero Avenue (4800 W), near Midway International Airport. East of King to near Lake Michigan at 2400 E, it is called 67th Street, and Marquette is aligned one block to the north on what would be 66th Street.

(No part of Old Orchard Road, Church Street, or Main Street actually lies within the boundaries of Chicago. These streets are included for reference, since they are a continuation of the Chicago mile street pattern into the suburbs.)

A similar numbering system is also used in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [7]

Diagonal roads

The following streets run diagonally through Chicago's grid system on all or part of their courses. These streets tend to form major 5 or 6-way intersections. In many cases they were Indian trails, or were among the earliest streets established in the city. Diagonals are numbered as north–south or east–west streets. Examples are North Lincoln Avenue and Ogden Avenue, which bends at Madison and changes from North Ogden to West Ogden.

Expressways

The city of Chicago proper contains seven major Interstate highways. [8]

Roadway NameNumbersDescription
Kennedy Expressway
(Northwest Expressway)
I-90.svg I-90
I-94.svg I-94
I-190.svg I-190
Runs from O'Hare east and south to downtown Chicago. It interchanges with the Jane Addams and the Tri-State Tollways near Cumberland Avenue on the city's far northwest side, with the Edens Expressway near Montrose Avenue on the near northwest side, and with the Dan Ryan and Eisenhower Expressways at its southern terminus downtown at the Jane Byrne Interchange. The portion from O'Hare to the Jane Addams and the Tri-State Tollways is I-190; the remainder is signed as I-90. I-94 is overlaid on I-90 south of the junction with the Edens.
Jane Addams Memorial Tollway
(Northwest Tollway)
Toll plate yellow.svg
I-90.svg
I-90 Toll
Runs from its complex interchange with the Kennedy Expressway and the Tri-State Tollway through the northwest suburbs towards Rockford and South Beloit.
Edens Expressway
(Skokie Highway)
I-94.svg I-94
US 41.svg US 41
Runs south from Park Avenue West in Highland Park to its interchange with the Kennedy Expressway near Montrose. The Edens Spur (formally part of the Tri-State Tollway) splits off near the north end to meet the Tri-State. The Edens south of the Spur is signed as I-94; the section north of the Skokie Road exit in Wilmette is signed as US 41. US 41 continues north as Skokie Highway beyond the northern terminus of the Edens.
Dan Ryan Expressway I-90.svg I-90
I-94.svg I-94
Runs south from the Jane Byrne Interchange near the Loop to the Bishop Ford Freeway in the Far Southeast Side in Chicago. In between, the Dan Ryan interchanges with the Stevenson Expressway and the Chicago Skyway near 66th Street. The portion between the Jane Byrne Interchange and the junction with the Chicago Skyway is overlaid with I-90.
Eisenhower Expressway
(Congress Expressway)
I-290.svg I-290
Chicago-Kansas City Expressway plate.svg
Illinois 110.svg
IL 110 (CKC)
Illinois 53.svg IL 53
Runs west from the Jane Byrne Interchange to an interchange with the Tri-State Tollway and the eastern terminus of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) near Hillside, Illinois. Further west, I-290 turns northwest and becomes the "Eisenhower Extension". At the interchange with I-90 near Schaumburg, it continues as IL 53 until eventually terminating at Lake Cook Road. East of the Jane Byrne Interchange, the route continues downtown as Ida B. Wells Drive.
Stevenson Expressway
(Southwest Expressway)
I-55.svg I-55 Runs southwest from Lake Shore Drive to the Tri-State Tollway in Burr Ridge. Along the way, the expressway interchanges with the Dan Ryan before heading to the south and southwestern neighborhoods of Chicago. The Stevenson then continues past Midway Airport and out of Chicago.
Veterans Memorial Tollway
(North–South Tollway)
Toll plate yellow.svg
I-355.svg
I-355 Toll
Runs south from an interchange with I-290 near Itasca to I-80 near New Lenox. Along the way, I-355 runs through the western suburbs to an interchange with I-88 before continuing south to the interchange with I-55. Then it continues south along 11 miles (18 km) of tollway to its southern terminus at I-80.
Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway
(East–West Tollway)
Toll plate yellow.svg
I-88.svg
I-88 Toll
Toll plate yellow.svg
Illinois 56.svg
IL 56 Toll
Chicago-Kansas City Expressway plate.svg
Illinois 110.svg
IL 110 (CKC)
Runs from a complex interchange with the Eisenhower Expressway and the Tri-State Tollway west to U.S. Route 30 near Rock Falls. Along the way, the tollway meets another complex interchange with I-355. Then it heads through the western suburbs into north-central Illinois.
Interstate 57
(Dan Ryan West Leg)
I-57.svg I-57 Runs south from the junction of the Dan Ryan Expressway and Bishop Ford Freeway to the southern suburbs. Known originally as the "Dan Ryan West Leg", the name has since dropped from common usage. As such, it is the only freeway within the city of Chicago lacking a formal name.
Bishop Ford Freeway
(Calumet Expressway)
I-94.svg I-94
Illinois 394.svg IL 394
Runs from the southern terminus of the Dan Ryan Expressway, heads east, then south through the Far Southeast Side in Chicago to the southern suburbs before ending at a junction with the Kingery Expressway and the Tri-State Tollway. South of that point, it continues as IL 394 until IL 1 in Goodenow.
Chicago Skyway logo.svg Chicago Skyway
(Calumet Skyway)
Toll plate yellow.svg
I-90.svg
I-90 Toll
The Skyway angles off from the Dan Ryan Expressway near 66th Street and heads southeast toward Indiana. The Skyway ends after a toll bridge over the Little Calumet River and the Indiana state line, at which point it becomes the Indiana Toll Road.
Tri-State Tollway Toll plate yellow.svg
I-80.svg
I-80 Toll
Toll plate yellow.svg
I-94.svg
I-94 Toll
Toll plate yellow.svg
I-294.svg
I-294 Toll
Serves as a toll bypass around Chicago. The tollway runs from a combination interchange with the Kingery Expressway and the Bishop Ford Freeway towards an interchange with US 41 just south of the Wisconsin state line. North of the junction with the Edens Spur the Tri-State is signed as I-94; on and south of this it is signed as I-294, the southern part of which is overlaid by I-80.
Kingery Expressway I-80.svg I-80
I-94.svg I-94
US 6.svg US 6
Located entirely in Lansing, Illinois, this is a three-mile-long expressway running from the interchange with the Bishop Ford Freeway and the Tri-State Tollway to the Illinois/Indiana border.
Lake Shore Drive US 41.svg US 41 A major limited-access highway running along the Lake Michigan shoreline from East 67th Street in southern Chicago to Hollywood Avenue in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood. For most of its length, Lake Shore Drive is signed as US 41. Portions of Lake Shore Drive were constructed as an expressway.
Elgin Bypass US 20.svg US 20 A five-mile freeway signed as US 20, bypassing Elgin, Illinois. It goes west from the Villa Street interchange, meets IL 25, crosses the Fox River, then meets State Street, McLean Boulevard, and Randall Road before continuing at-grade.
Western Algonquin Bypass Illinois 31.svg IL 31 A two-and-a-half-mile bypass in Algonquin and Crystal Lake. It has two exits on IL 62 (Algonquin Road) and US 14.
Kingery Highway Illinois 83.svg IL 83 From Bensenville, the Kingery Highway heads south 18 miles to just south of the Des Plaines River. It is a multi-lane divided limited-access road with grade-separated portions. [9] [10]
Amstutz Expressway Illinois 137.svg IL 137 A two-mile expressway located entirely in Waukegan, Illinois. It has only one exit at Grand Avenue.
Elgin–O'Hare Tollway
( Illinois Elgin-O'Hare Expressway.svg Elgin–O'Hare Expressway)
Toll plate yellow.svg
Illinois 390.svg
IL 390 Toll
Formerly an unnumbered free expressway, it heads west from IL 83 in Bensenville through Itasca, Roselle, and Schaumburg until terminating at an interchange with U.S. Route 20. Until 2017, the expressway ended at IL 53 in Itasca. A one-mile eastern extension to I-490 is under construction.

U.S. Routes

U.S. RoutesDescription
US 6.svg US 6
US 12.svg US 12
US 20.svg US 20
The two Routes enter through the southeastern part of the city from Indiana with U.S. Route 41, underneath the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge. At 95th Street, they head west to an intersection with U.S. Route 45 west of the city. There they go north on LaGrange Road to Lake Street, where US 20 turns northwest through Elgin to Iowa. US 12 and US 45 continue north past O'Hare Airport to Des Plaines, where US 12 turns on Rand Road and goes northwest, then north to Wisconsin. [9] [10] [11]
US 14.svg US 14 The route splits off from U.S. Route 41 at Bryn Mawr Avenue by Lake Michigan on the north side of the city. US 14 then recrosses US 41 and eventually exits the city as Caldwell Avenue.
US 30.svg US 30
US 34.svg US 34 The route originally began downtown and ran west on Ogden Avenue and through the suburbs, continuing through Aurora and on to Iowa. In 1970 the beginning was moved west to Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43), where it intersected with US 66. [12] [13]
US 41.svg US 41 The route enters through the southeastern part of the city from Indiana with U.S. Route 12 and U.S. Route 20, underneath the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge. At 95th Street, when US 12 and US 20 turn west, it continues north along the lakefront, especially via Lake Shore Drive. US 41 then departs from Lake Shore Drive at Foster Avenue. From Foster Avenue, US 41 continues northwest on Lincoln Avenue, finally exiting Chicago at Devon Avenue into the suburb of Lincolnwood.
US 45.svg US 45 The route comes north from Kentucky and intersects U.S. Route 12 and U.S. Route 20 at 95th Street west of Chicago. The three routes go north on LaGrange Road, then US 12 and US 45 continue north on Mannheim Road past O'Hare Airport and into Des Plaines. Separating from US 12, it follows the Des Plaines River as Des Plaines River Road, then continues north on Milwaukee Avenue towards Wisconsin. [9] [10] [11]
US 52.svg US 52
US 66 (IL historic).svg Historic US 66 The route started downtown and followed Ogden Avenue west out of the city, then southwest to Joliet and on to St Louis. Status as a U.S. Route in Illinois was discontinued in 1974 largely due to Interstate 55 paralleling the stretch. Some remnants are signed as historic. [12]

County roads

Cook County has a modest amount of county roads after plans were made in 2009 to designate many roads on county ownership as a public service. [14]

Only the designated streets in the townships of Lemont, Palos, Orland, Bremen, Lyons (south of the rivers) and Wheeling have the blue pentagon signs that are used to demarcate county roads.[ citation needed ]

See also

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