Roosevelt Road
| 1200 South Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Highway | |
 Roosevelt Road looking East. | |
| Former name(s) | 12th Street |
|---|---|
| Part of |  IL 38 |
| Location | Chicago |
| East end | Lake Shore Drive (300 E) in Chicago |
| West end | Geneva-West Chicago city line (Kautz Road) |
Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west street in the city of
U.S. Route 330 (US 330), a different alignment of US 30, went down Roosevelt Road to Geneva, in 1942 it was redesignated as US 30 Alternate. In 1972, after the route had been discontinued, Roosevelt Road outside Chicago became Illinois Route 38.[4]
Route
In
St. Ignatius College Preparatory School between Halsted Street and Damen Avenue. It also passes Douglass Park at California Avenue. Once past Mannheim Road it becomes Illinois Route 38
.
Transit
Roosevelt Road is served by the 12 Roosevelt bus route. This was an
Museum Campus/11th Street station
.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[6] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kane | Geneva |  IL 38 west (East State Street) | Continuation beyond Kautz Road | ||
| Kane–DuPage county line | Geneva–West Chicago line | 0.0 | 0.0 | Kautz Road | Western terminus |
CR 15 north (Kress Road) | |||||
| 1.6 | 2.6 |   CR 21 south (Fabyan Parkway) | |||
| 3.9 | 6.3 |   To IL 59 (Neltnor Boulevard) | Interchange | ||
CR 13 south (Winfield Road) | |||||
CR 43 north (County Farm Road) | |||||
| 8.5 | 13.7 |  CR 23 south (Naperville Road) | |||
| Glen Ellyn | 11.1 | 17.9 |  To IL 53 | ||
| Glen Ellyn–Lombard line | 11.9 | 19.2 |   I-355 Toll (Veterans Memorial Tollway) – Joliet, Northwest Suburbs | ||
CR 25 south (Meyers Road) | |||||
CR 15 south (Summit Avenue) | |||||
| Oakbrook Terrace–Elmhurst line | 16.1 | 25.9 |  IL 83 (Kingery Highway) | Entering eastbound IL 38 via eastbound IL 56 | |
| 16.4 | 26.4 |  IL 56 (Butterfield Road) | Eastbound entrance not accessible for westbound IL 56 | ||
| Oak Brook | 18.0 | 29.0 |     I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) east (Eisenhower Expressway) – Chicago Loop | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit ramp closes during rush hour | |
| Cook | Hillside | 18.2 | 29.3 |   I-294 Toll south (Tri-State Tollway) – Indiana | Southbound I-294 entrance and northbound exit only; toll required |
| Hillside–Westchester line | 20.1 | 32.3 |     US 12 / US 20 / US 45 (Mannheim Road) / IL 38 ends | Eastern terminus of IL 38; eastern end of IL 38 overlap | |
| Maywood–Hines– Forest Park tripoint | 22.6 | 36.4 |  IL 171 (1st Avenue) | ||
| Forest Park–Berwyn– Oak Park tripoint | 24.1 | 38.8 |  IL 43 (Harlem Avenue) | ||
Cicero Avenue ) | |||||
Chicago | 30.2 | 48.6 | CR W96 (Western Avenue) | ||
| 31.2 | 50.2 | CR W48 south (Ashland Avenue) | |||
| 32.3 | 52.0 |   I-90 / I-94 (Dan Ryan Expressway, Kennedy Expressway) / I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) west (Eisenhower Expressway) | |||
| 33.1 | 53.3 | South Clark Street | Interchange | ||
| 33.6 | 54.1 |  US 41 (South Lake Shore Drive) | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
| |||||
See also
Illinois portal
Chicago portal
U.S. Roads portal
Notes
- ^ A mile is usually a unit of 800 in Chicago's grid.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-8294-0597-6
- ^ Broden, Scott (19 Feb 1995). "By The Numbers - Where Did Those Street Designations Come From?". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
12th Street was changed on May 25, 1919, in recognition of Theodore Roosevelt, who had died the previous January.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Illinois State Highway Maps". Illinois Digital Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ Sebree, Mac; and Ward, Paul (1974). The Trolley Coach in North America, pp. 56–58. Los Angeles: Interurbans. LCCN 74-20367.
- ^ "Overview Map of Roosevelt Road".
External links
Media related to Roosevelt Road (Chicago) at Wikimedia Commons
