Grand Avenue (Chicago)
| (530 North/500 North) | |
CR 20 (DuPage) CR B18 (Cook) | |
| Maintained by | Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, various local agencies |
|---|---|
| Length | 19 mi (31 km)[1] |
| Location | Elmhurst, Bensenville, Northlake, Franklin Park, River Grove, Elmwood Park, Chicago |
| Coordinates | 41°53′30″N 87°37′41″W / 41.89166°N 87.62807°W |
| West end |  US 20 / Lake Street at  IL 83 / Kingery Highway in Addison |
| East end | Navy Pier in Chicago |
Grand Avenue is a major east-west street in the city of
Chicago's grid system, as it is diagonal west of Western Avenue. The street runs from the Kingery Highway (also known as U.S. Route 20 and Illinois Route 83) in Elmhurst, east through the western suburbs, and then east-southeast into Chicago, through the Magnificent Mile shopping area, and continuing out to Navy Pier, where it ends. This is a distance of about 19 miles (31 km).[1]
History
Grand Avenue was originally known as Whiskey Point Road,[2] first used as a trail by the Miami, Illini and many other Native Nations, it leads to the West Side of Chicago, near Western Avenue.[3] On the Near North Side it was called Indiana Street. Thomas Jefferson Vance Owen, Chicago's first town president, is believed to have named it in 1833 after naming Chicago, "a grand place to live."[4]
Transit
Grand Avenue is serviced by many major
Chicago, It runs from Grand/Nordica in Chicago, to Wolf Road/North Avenue in Northlake
.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[5] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DuPage | Elmhurst | 0.0 | 0.0 |    US 20 (Lake Street) to IL 83 (Kingery Highway) / I-290 | Western terminus |
| Cook | Franklin Park | 4.3 | 6.9 |   US 12 / US 45 (Mannheim Road) | |
| River Grove | 6.9 | 11.1 |  IL 171 (Thatcher Avenue) | ||
Chicago line | 8.4 | 13.5 |  IL 43 (N Harlem Avenue) | ||
Chicago | 11.7 | 18.8 |  IL 50 (N Cicero Avenue) | ||
| 12.3 | 19.8 |  IL 64 (W North Avenue) | |||
| 18.9 | 30.4 |  US 41 (N DuSable Lake Shore Drive) | Interchange | ||
| 19.1 | 30.7 | Navy Pier | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b Google Maps estimate.
- ^ Tuley, Murray Floyd (1873-01-01). Laws and Ordinances Governing the City of Chicago. Bulletin Printing Company.
- ^ Forest Preserve District of Cook County (1964-01-11). "Early Cook County Roads: Part One". Retrieved 2007-04-06.
- ^ Varon, Roz (2003-10-14). "A walk down Grand Avenue". Retrieved 2007-04-03.
- ^ "Grand Avenue (Chicago-Suburb) Overview".
External links
Media related to Grand Avenue (Chicago) at Wikimedia Commons
