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Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west street in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs.It is 1200 South in the city's street numbering system, but [a] only 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Madison Street.
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.
Ran Chicago to Joliet along Archer Av., Replaced by IL 171: IL 5 — — — — 1918: 1967 Originally Chicago to East Dubuque, replaced mostly by US 20 except near Rockford until that was replaced later by Business US 20; IL 5: 15.78: 25.40 US 67 in Rock Island: I-80/I-88/IL 92/IL 110 (CKC) in East Moline: 1971: current
Illinois Route 38 in eastern Glen Ellyn. Illinois 38 runs along the historic Lincoln Highway for much of its length, and parallels Interstate 88 as well. Illinois 38 serves some cities that have no interchanges on Interstate 88. It enters the Chicago metropolitan area at Elburn, as this border is pushed west with the extension of the Metra rail
Blue Island Avenue is a street in the city of Chicago, Illinois that once led to a ridge of land that early pioneers gave the name "Blue Island" because at a distance it looked like an island in the prairie. The blue color was attributed to atmospheric scattering or to blue flowers growing on the ridge. [1]
This section is seven miles (11 km) long and runs from Rolling Meadows to Addison.It is the portion of I-290 more locally known as "Route 53". [citation needed] Here, I-290 runs largely above-grade through Schaumburg and Elk Grove Village and at- or below-grade through Itasca and Addison.
I-94 traverses rural and suburban areas in Lake County and the length of the city of Chicago, running just west of the Chicago Loop on the Kennedy Expressway, and serves Six Flags Great America, the Gurnee Mills mall, extensive office developments and residential districts in southern Lake County and the North Shore region of Cook County, and Westfield Old Orchard.
Illinois Route 53 (IL 53) is an arterial north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. IL 53 runs from Main Street west of historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66) in Gardner to IL 83 in Long Grove , a distance of 82.02 miles (132.00 km). [ 1 ]