Ogden Avenue
William B. Ogden Memorial Highway | |
Part of | US 34 / Historic US 66 |
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Length | 37.5 mi (60.4 km) |
Location | Chicago |
West end | US 30 in Montgomery |
North end | Chestnut St., just past Milwaukee Ave. and Chicago Ave. in Chicago |
Ogden Avenue is a street extending from the Near West Side of Chicago to Montgomery, Illinois. It was named for William B. Ogden, the first mayor of Chicago.
The street follows the route of the Southwestern
The 1909
The street intersects Interstate 90/Interstate 94/Kennedy Expressway in Chicago, Interstate 294/Tri-State Tollway in Western Springs, Interstate 355 in Lisle.
In the 1920s the broad avenue became an important arterial carrying auto traffic through the city's West Side. Portions of the avenue carried U.S. Route 66 from the city through adjacent suburbs. It carried US 32 until 1934. Ogden Avenue used to carry U.S. Route 34 to its end as well. Because of this, the intersection of U.S. Route 34/Ogden Avenue and U.S. Route 12/U.S. Route 20/U.S. Route 45/LaGrange Road is one of the few places where four U.S. Routes intersect. Further outside Chicago, a portion of the roadway from Harlem Avenue through the western suburbs carries U.S. Route 34. U.S Route 34 carries the name of Ogden Av. from Chicago westbound to Aurora, Illinois. Ogden Av. ends when U.S. Route 34 leaves Aurora at the intersection of U.S. Route 34 and U.S. Route 30 on the border of Aurora; Montgomery, Illinois; and Oswego, Illinois.
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[3] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Kendall | Oswego | US 34 west | Continuation beyond Ogden Falls Boulevard | |||||
Oswego–Montgomery line | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 30 west (Ogden Falls Boulevard) | Western terminus; western end of US 30 concurrency | ||||
Lincoln Highway (Hill Avenue) | Eastern end of US 30 concurrency | |||||||
Kane |
No major junctions | |||||||
CR 33 east (75th Street) | ||||||||
Aurora–Naperville line | 5.0 | 8.0 | IL 59 | |||||
CR 1 north (Raymond Drive) | Ogden continues at right fork, northern section continues as Raymond Drive | |||||||
9.0 | 14.5 | CR 32 north (Mill Street) | ||||||
11.1 | 17.9 | CR 23 north (Naper Boulevard) | ||||||
CR 40 (Yackley Avenue) | ||||||||
13.3 | 21.4 | IL 53 (Lincoln Avenue) | Interchange | |||||
Downers Grove–Lisle line | 14.5 | 23.3 | I-88 Toll (Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway) / I-355 Toll (Veterans Memorial Tollway) / IL 110 (CKC) | |||||
CR 52 north (Cross Street) | ||||||||
15.9 | 25.6 | CR 2 (Finley Avenue (north) Belmont Avenue (south)) | ||||||
16.9 | 27.2 | CR 9 north (Main Street) | ||||||
17.7 | 28.5 | CR 25 north (Fairview Avenue) | ||||||
CR 15 north (Cass Avenue) | ||||||||
Westmont–Clarendon Hills– Hinsdale tripoint | 20.2 | 32.5 | IL 83 (Kingery Highway) | Interchange | ||||
Cook | Hinsdale–Western Springs line | 22.0 | 35.4 | I-294 Toll (Tri-State Tollway) – Wisconsin, Indiana | ||||
Western Springs–Westchester line | 22.8 | 36.7 | CR W22 (Wolf Road) | |||||
LaGrange Road ) | ||||||||
La Grange–Brookfield line | 24.8 | 39.9 | CR W27 south (East Avenue) | |||||
Lyons | 26.2 | 42.2 | IL 171 (1st Avenue) | |||||
Lyons–Riverside– Berwyn tripoint | 27.9 | 44.9 | IL 43 (Harlem Avenue) / US 34 ends | Eastern end of US 34 concurrency; eastern terminus of US 34 | ||||
Quadrant interchange | ||||||||
Chicago | 32.4 | 52.1 | CR W43 south (Pulaski Road) | |||||
34.6 | 55.7 | CR W96 (Western Avenue) | ||||||
37.2 | 59.9 | I-90 west / I-94 west (Kennedy Expressway) | Westbound I-90/I-94 entrance; eastbound I-90/I-94 exit | |||||
37.5 | 60.4 | West Chestnut Street | Eastern terminus | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
- ^ Chicago's Highways Old and New From Indian Trail to Motor Road, Milo M. Quaife, D. F. Keller & Company, Chicago, 1923
- ^ "Begin Final Link of Ogden Avenue Drive This Week," 1934. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
- ^ Google. "Overview map of Ogden Avenue" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
External links
- Ogden Avenue history and photography at Forgotten Chicago