Dempster Street
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| Thacker Street 8800 North | |
cul-de-sac just west of Lake Michigan in Evanston |
Dempster Street is a major east–west street in the northern suburbs of Chicago. It is assigned 8800 North in the Chicago address system, being located 11 miles (18 km) north of Madison Street.
The road begins at Illinois Route 62 (Algonquin Road) in Mount Prospect. From there, it goes east and enters Des Plaines, where it intersects Illinois Route 83 (Elmhurst Road). At Mount Prospect Road in Des Plaines, Dempster Street becomes Thacker Street until the eastern end of its western segment at Des Plaines River Road in Des Plaines. Just west of its east end, Thacker Street intersects U.S. Routes 12 and 45.
Dempster Street resumes at Rand Road and
cul-de-sac at the shores of Lake Michigan
in Evanston.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Cook County.
| Location | mi[1][2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mt. Prospect line | 0.0 | 0.0 |  IL 62 (Algonquin Road) | Western terminus | |||
Mt. Prospect–Des Plaines line | 1.2 | 1.9 |  IL 83 (Elmhurst Road) | ||||
| Des Plaines | 3.7 | 6.0 |     US 12 east / US 45 south (Graceland Avenue) | ||||
| 3.8 | 6.1 |   US 12 west / US 45 north (Mannheim Road / Lee Street) | |||||
| 4.2 | 6.8 | River Road | |||||
| Gap in route | |||||||
 Northwest Highway / Rand Road / US 14 west (Miner Street) | Western end of US 14 concurrency | ||||||
| Des Plaines–Park Ridge line | 4.3 | 6.9 |    I-294 Toll south (Tri-State Tollway) | No exit to I-294 northbound; no entrance from I-294 southbound | |||
| Niles | 6.6 | 10.6 |  IL 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) | Interchange | |||
| Morton Grove | 7.9 | 12.7 |   US 14 east / IL 43 / IL 58 west (Waukegan Road) | Eastern end of US 14 concurrency; western end of IL 58 concurrency | |||
| Morton Grove–Skokie line | 9.7 | 15.6 |  I-94 (Edens Expressway) | ||||
| Skokie | 10.6 | 17.1 |   US 41 (Skokie Boulevard) / IL 58 ends | Eastern end of IL 58; eastern terminus of IL 58 | |||
Cul-de-sac west of Lake Michigan | Eastern terminus | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ Google (31 March 2020). "Dempster Street map (Western section)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ Google (31 March 2020). "Dempster Street map (Eastern section)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
