Chicago Avenue (Chicago)
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| Chicago Avenue |
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| 800 North | |
| Direction: | East-west |
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| From: | 17th Avenue in Melrose Park, Illinois |
| To: |  U.S. Route 41 (Lake Shore Drive) in Chicago, Illinois |
| Major cities: | Maywood, Park Forest, Oak Park |
In the city of Chicago, Chicago Avenue is a major east-west arterial that runs just north of downtown Chicago. It originates at 17th Avenue a few feet north of Lake Street in Melrose Park, and runs east to the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Route 41) on the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago.
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Chicago Avenue has two lanes west of Austin Avenue, and the Chicago city limits, and roughly four lanes east of Austin Avenue. Like most streets in Chicago, the number and width of lanes varies dramatically block-by-block.
Chicago Avenue runs just to the north of Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park. It then runs through Maywood and over the Des Plaines River before entering Forest Park. Chicago Avenue is largely residential through Forest Park and Oak Park, with small commercial strip malls and developments scattered through the neighborhood.
At Austin Avenue, Chicago Avenue becomes part of the addressing system for Chicagoland as 800 north, or 8 blocks north of Madison Street. Chicago Avenue runs through the largely impoverished Austin and Humboldt Park neighborhoods. East of about Kedzie Avenue, Chicago Avenue runs through the West Town and Near North Side areas.
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