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[[File:Eisenhower Expressway.jpg|thumb|The [[Eisenhower Expressway]] crossing under [[Ashland Avenue]], looking east toward downtown. The [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]]'s [[Blue Line (CTA)|Blue Line]] travels along the median of the expressway.
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'''Roads and expressways in Chicago''' summarizes the main thoroughfares and the numbering system used in [[Chicago]] and its surrounding suburbs.

==Street layout==
[[File:Aerial view of Loyola station, September 2019.JPG|thumb|Much of Chicago's street system follows a grid pattern.]]
Chicago's [[street]]s were laid out in a grid that grew from the city's original townsite plan platted by [[James Thompson (surveyor)|James Thompson]]. Streets following the [[Public Land Survey System]] section lines later became arterial streets in outlying sections. As new additions to the city were platted, city ordinance required them to be laid out with eight streets to the mile in one direction and 16 in the other direction. A scattering of diagonal streets, many of them originally Native American trails{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=January 2019}}, also cross the city. Many additional diagonal streets were recommended in the [[Burnham Plan|Plan of Chicago]], but only the extension of [[Ogden Avenue]] was ever constructed. In the 1950s and 1960s, a network of [[Highway|superhighway]]s was built radiating from the city center.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last = McClendon |first = Dennis |title = Expressways |url = http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/440.html |encyclopedia = [[Encyclopedia of Chicago]] |publisher = University of Chicago Press |access-date = January 3, 2012 |year = 2005 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120102140013/http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/440.html |archive-date = January 2, 2012 }}</ref>

As the city grew and annexed adjacent towns, problems arose with duplicate street names and a confusing numbering system based on the Chicago River.  On June 22, 1908, the city council adopted a system proposed by Edward P. Brennan;<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/unsung-hero-urban-planning-who-made-it-easy-get-around-chicago-112061 |title = Curious City: Unsung urban planning hero Edward Brennan made it easy to find your way around Chicago |location = Chicago |publisher = WBEZ-FM |date = May 20, 2015 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150523055724/http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/unsung-hero-urban-planning-who-made-it-easy-get-around-chicago-112061 |archive-date = May 23, 2015 }}</ref> amended June 21, 1909.  The changes were effective September 1, 1909 for most of the city.<ref name=1909snc>{{cite book |title = Plan of Re-numbering City of Chicago |url = http://chsmedia.org/househistory/1909SNC/start.pdf |date = 1909 |publisher = Chicago Directory Company |access-date = 2022-06-08 }}</ref>

[[Address]]es in Chicago and some suburbs are numbered outward from baselines at [[State Street (Chicago)|State Street]], which runs north and south, and [[Madison Street (Chicago)|Madison Street]], which runs east and west.
[[Image:State and Madison 2010.JPG|thumb|The division of Chicago's directional address system is at State Street - separating East (E) from West (W), and Madison Street - North (N) from South (S).]]
A book was published in 1909 by The Chicago Directory Company indexing the old and new street numbers for most of Chicago.  This volume is available online in PDF format indexed by initial letter, Plan of Re-Numbering, City of Chicago, August 1909.<ref name="1909snc"/> The opening text of the book says: ''EXPLANATORY''
{{cquote|The new house numbering plan passed by the City Council June 22, 1908, to be in force and effect September 1, 1909, makes Madison Street from Lake Michigan to the city limits on the west the base line for numbering all north and south streets and streets running in northerly or southerly direction. For east and west streets and streets running in a generally east and west direction the base line is State Street from the southern city boundary line to North Avenue, thence extended by an imaginary line through Lincoln Park and Lake Michigan.}}

The downtown area did not conform to this system until April 1, 1911, per an amendment to the law on June 20, 1910.  Downtown was defined as Lake Michigan on the east, Roosevelt Road (Twelfth Street) on the south, and the Chicago River on the north and west.  The addition to cover downtown was published, and is also on line as a pdf indexed by downtown street name.<ref>{{cite web |title = Address Conversion Guide |url = http://chsmedia.org/househistory/1911snc/start.pdf |work = Architecture and Building History |publisher = [[Chicago History Museum]] |access-date = January 3, 2012 |year = 1911 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120225084207/http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/1911snc/start.pdf |archive-date = February 25, 2012 }}</ref>

This additional paragraph explained the downtown changes:

{{cquote|The 1909 address change did not affect downtown Chicago, between the river and Roosevelt Road, the river and Lake Michigan. The ordinance was amended June 20, 1910 to include the downtown area. The new addresses for the “loop” went into use on April 1, 1911.}}

Chicago house numbers are generally assigned at the rate of 800 to a mile. The only exceptions are from Madison to 31st Street, just south of downtown. Roosevelt Road (previously Twelfth St) is one mile south of Madison with 1200 addresses to the mile, Cermak Road (previously 22nd Street) is two miles south of Madison with 1000 addresses to the mile, and 31st Street (3100 S) is three miles south of Madison with 900 addresses to the mile.<ref name="1909snc"/> South of 31st Street, the pattern of 800 to the mile resumes, with 39th Street the next major street, 47th after that, and so on.  Individual house numbers are normally assigned at the rate of one per 20 feet of frontage. Thus the last two digits of house numbers generally go only as high as 67 before the next block number is reached.  Higher house numbers are found on diagonal streets and have sometimes been assigned by request.

The blocks are normally counted out by "hundreds," so that Chicagoans routinely give directions by saying things such as "about twelve hundred north on Western" or "around twenty-four hundred west on Division" (which both describe the intersection of Western Avenue (2400 W) and [[Division Street (Chicago)|Division Street]] (1200 N)).

South of Madison Street most of the east–west streets are simply numbered.  The street numbering is aligned with the [[house numbering]], so that 95th Street is exactly 9500 South. "Half-block" east–west thoroughfares in this area are numbered and called places; 95th Place would lie just south of and parallel to 95th Street, and just north of 96th Street.

Every four blocks (half-mile) is a major secondary street. For example, [[Division Street (Chicago)|Division Street]] (1200 N) is less important than either Chicago Avenue (800 N) or North Avenue (1600 N), but is still a major thoroughfare. However, this is not always the case; for example, on the city's Far North Side, Peterson Avenue (6000 N) is a more heavily trafficked street than Bryn Mawr Avenue (5600 N), which sits exactly at the 7-mile marker. [[U.S. Route 14]] is routed along Peterson between [[Clark Street (Chicago)|Clark Street]] at 1600 W and [[Illinois Route 50|Cicero Avenue]] at 4800 W, whereas Bryn Mawr is discontinuous, split into two segments in this part of the city by Rosehill Cemetery between Damen and Western Avenues.

Even-numbered addresses are found on the north and west sides of a street, and odd numbers are found on the south and east sides, irrespective of the streets' position relative to the corner of State and Madison.

Diagonals, even if they were to run exactly 45 degrees off of the cardinal directions, are numbered as if they were north–south or east–west streets. Examples are North Lincoln Avenue and Ogden Avenue, which bends at Madison and changes from North Ogden to West Ogden.

The northernmost street in Chicago is Juneway Terrace (7800 N), just north of Howard Street. The southern boundary is 138th Street. The eastern boundary of Chicago is Avenue A/State Line Road (4100 E) along and south of 106th Street, and the furthest west the city extends is in the portion of [[O'Hare International Airport]] that lies in [[DuPage County, Illinois|DuPage County]], just east of Elmhurst/York Road.

==Street names==
{{See also|List of Chicago placename etymologies}}
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While all north–south streets within city limits are named, rather than numbered, smaller streets in some areas are named in groups all starting with the same letter; thus, when traveling westward on a Chicago street, starting just past [[Pulaski Road (Chicago)|Pulaski Road]] (4000 W), one will cross a mile-long stretch of streets which have names starting with the letter K (From east to west: Keystone (North Side)/Komensky (South Side), Karlov, Kedvale, Keeler, Kildare, Kolin, Kostner, Kenneth, Kilbourn, Kolmar, Kenton, Knox, Kilpatrick, Keating), giving rise to the expression "K-town". These streets are found approximately in the 11th mile west of the Indiana state line, and so begin with the 11th letter of the alphabet. A mile later, just past Cicero (4800 W), the starting letter changes to L, and mile by mile the letters progress up to P. Additionally, for most of the first mile west of the Illinois/Indiana state line, streets are lettered from Avenue A (S State Line Road) at the state line (4100 E) to Avenue O (3430 E), forming the A group.  The areas that might otherwise be the B through J groups are the older parts of the city where street names were already well established before this system was developed (although some small groups of streets seem to have been given names intended to conform to the system), and the Q group (8800 to 9600 W) would fall west of the city, as the only land in Chicago west of 8800 West is [[O'Hare International Airport]], undeveloped forest preserve, and a small strip of land connecting O'Hare to the rest of the city and containing only Foster Avenue.

==Suburbs==
Some suburbs number their east–west streets in a continuation of the Chicago pattern, and even more number their houses according to the Chicago grid. A few suburbs also number their north–south avenues according to the Chicago grid, although such numbering vanished from Chicago itself long ago (the alphabetical naming scheme was devised to help eliminate it). For example, the [[54th/Cermak (CTA station)|54th/Cermak]] terminus of the [[Pink Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Pink Line]] is located near the intersection of 54th Avenue and [[Cermak Road]] (22nd Street) in [[Cicero, Illinois|Cicero]]. This is 54 blocks west of State Street in Chicago. A minor street {{frac|54|1|2}} blocks west of State Street would be called 54th Court (in reality, that is Lotus Avenue in Chicago).

This pattern continues as far west as [[Plainfield, Illinois|Plainfield]], which has a 252nd Avenue, as far north as [[Skokie, Illinois|Skokie]] at [[Central Street (Evanston, Illinois)|Central Street]] (10100 North),<ref>{{cite map |author = Community Development Department |date = May 2009 |url = http://www.egovlink.com/public_documents300/skokie/published_documents/Skokie%20Street%20Map.pdf |title = Village of Skokie Street Map |scale = Scale not given |publisher = Village of Skokie |access-date = March 9, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111017063645/http://www.egovlink.com/public_documents300/skokie/published_documents/Skokie%20Street%20Map.pdf |archive-date = October 17, 2011 }}</ref> and as far south as the southern edge of Will County.  Suburbs that follow the Chicago numbering system include [[Berwyn, Illinois|Berwyn]], [[Bridgeview, Illinois|Bridgeview]], [[Brookfield, Illinois|Brookfield]], [[Burbank, Illinois|Burbank]], [[Channahon, Illinois|Channahon]], [[Chicago Heights, Illinois|Chicago Heights]], [[Cicero, Illinois|Cicero]], [[Crystal Lake, Illinois|Crystal Lake]], [[Elwood, Illinois|Elwood]], [[Evergreen Park, Illinois|Evergreen Park]], [[Franklin Park, Illinois|Franklin Park]], [[Justice, Illinois|Justice]], [[Lincolnwood, Illinois|Lincolnwood]], [[Matteson, Illinois|Matteson]], [[Monee, Illinois|Monee]], [[Morris, Illinois|Morris]], [[Morton Grove, Illinois|Morton Grove]], [[Niles, Illinois|Niles]], [[North Chicago, Illinois|North Chicago]], [[Oak Forest, Illinois|Oak Forest]], [[Oak Lawn, Illinois|Oak Lawn]], [[Orland Park, Illinois|Orland Park]], [[Oswego, Illinois|Oswego]], [[River Grove, Illinois|River Grove]], [[Rosemont, Illinois|Rosemont]],  [[Skokie, Illinois|Skokie]], [[Westchester, Illinois|Westchester]], unincorporated parts of [[Des Plaines, Illinois|Des Plaines]], [[Glenview, Illinois|Glenview]], and other parts of [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]], Will, DuPage, [[Kendall County, Illinois|Kendall]], and [[Grundy County, Illinois|Grundy]] Counties. Other suburbs, including [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], [[Park Ridge, Illinois|Park Ridge]], [[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]], [[Glenview, Cook County, Illinois|Glenview]] and [[Wilmette, Illinois|Wilmette]] use their own numbering systems. The six "collar" counties (DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will) use State and Madison as a base line. For example, 32W000 in DuPage County is 32 miles west of State Street, 38000 in Lake County would be 38 miles north of Madison Street, and is normally used without the direction letter. In these counties, unlike Chicago, numbering is 1,000 numbers to the mile, so in DuPage County {{frac|32|1|2}} miles west is 32W500.

Some Chicago suburbs in adjoining [[Northwest Indiana]] also use the Chicago numbering system.  These include [[East Chicago, Indiana|East Chicago]], [[Whiting, Indiana|Whiting]], and [[Hammond, Indiana|Hammond]]. There are even examples further south in [[Lake County, Indiana|Lake County]] in [[Dyer, Indiana|Dyer]] and [[Schererville, Indiana|Schererville]] such as 205th Place through 215th Street (these examples coordinate with the Chicago grid, not the Gary street system). Other municipalities, such as [[Highland, Lake County, Indiana|Highland]], and [[Griffith, Indiana|Griffith]] are based on the [[Gary, Indiana]] numbering system, beginning with 5th Avenue in Gary and increasing numerically as one travels southward. Examples in [[Schneider, Indiana|Scheider]] in the far south of [[Lake County, Indiana]] go as far down as 244th Avenue.

The aforementioned pattern also occurs in [[Waukegan, Illinois]], with Washington Street being the baseline between north and south. Nearby municipalities such as [[Gurnee, Illinois|Gurnee]], [[Park City, Illinois|Park City]], and [[North Chicago, Illinois|North Chicago]] continue with the Waukegan numbering pattern, while rural areas in [[Lake County, Illinois]] follow the Chicago grid.

==Grid==

===Mile roads===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! colspan="3" | East–West Streets
! colspan="3" | North–South Streets
|-
! Mile
! Address number
! Street name
! Route designation
! Address number
! Street name
! Route designation
|-
! 44
| || || || 44000 W || Game Farm Road ||
|-
! 43
| || || || 43000 W || Swanberg Road ||
|-
! 42
| || || || 42000 W || Rippburger Road; Eastman Drive || {{jct|state=IL|CR|33|county1=Kane}} (Kane) {{jct|state=IL|IL|47}}
|-
! 41
| || || || 41000 W || La Fox Road || {{jct|state=IL|CR|81|county1=Kane}} (Kane)
|-
! 40
| || || || 40000 W || Coombs Road{{efn|Church Road in Plattville}} ||
|-
! 39
| || || || 39000 W || [[Orchard Road (Illinois)|Orchard Road]]{{efn|Square Barn Road in Algonquin, Swanson Road in Crystal Lake}} ||{{jct|state=IL|CR|83|county1=Kane}} (Kane)
|-
! 38
| || || || 38000 W || Peck Road; Edgelawn Drive || {{jct|state=IL|CR|84|county1=Kane}} (Kane)
|-
! 37
| || || || 37000 W || [[Randall Road]]{{efn|Grove Road in Oswego}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|34|county1=Kane}} (Kane)  {{jct|state=IL|CR|16|county1=Kendall}} (Kendall)
|-
! 36
| || || || 36000 W || Lincolnway Street; Lake Street || {{jct|state=IL|IL|31|Lincoln}}
|-
! {{frac|35|1|2}}
| || || || 35500 W || McLean Boulevard{{efn|Pyott Road in Crystal Lake, Banbury Road in Batavia, Douglas Road near Oswego}} || {{jct|state=IL|IL|31}}
|-
! 35
| || || || 35000 W || 5th Street; River Street || {{jct|state=IL|IL|25}}
|-
! {{frac|34|1|2}}
| || || || 34500 W || [[Illinois Route 31|IL&nbsp;31]]; Mitchell Road (276th Avenue) || {{jct|state=IL|IL|31}}<br/>{{jct|state=IL|IL|25}}
|-
! 34
| || || || 34000 W || Ohio Street (272nd Avenue){{efn|Radant Road in Batavia}} ||
|-
! {{frac|33|1|2}}
| || || || 33500 W || Farnsworth Avenue; Ridge Road (268th Avenue){{efn|Harvey Road in Oswego}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|V37|county1=Grundy}} (Grundy)
|-
! 33
| || || || 33000 W || Kautz Road (264th Avenue){{efn|County Line Road in Plainfield}} || {{jct|state=IL|IL|25}}
|-
! {{frac|32|1|2}}
| || || || 32500 W || Eola Road (260th Avenue){{efn|Heggs Road in Plainfield, Kress Road in West Chicago}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|14|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage)<br/>{{jct|state=IL|CR|18|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage)
|-
! 32
| || || || 32000 W || Beverly Road (256th Avenue) ||
|-
! {{frac|31|1|2}}
| || || || 31500 W || 252nd Avenue (Normantown Road) ||
|-
! 31
| || || || 31000 W || 248th Avenue{{efn|Wallin Drive in Plainfield}} || 
|-
! {{frac|30|1|2}}
| || || || 30500 W || [[Munger Road]] (244th Avenue){{efn|Van Dyke Road in Plainfield}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|18|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage)
|-
! 30
| || || || 30000 W || [[Illinois Route 59|IL&nbsp;59]] (240th Avenue) || {{jct|state=IL|IL|59}}<br/>{{jct|state=IL|US|30|Lincoln}} 
|-
! {{frac|29|1|2}}
| || || || 29500 W || Fort Hill Drive (236th Avenue){{efn|Old Sutton Road in Barrington Hills}} || 
|-
! 29
| || || || 29000 W || Rickert Drive; Book Road (232nd Avenue)|| {{jct|state=IL|US|34}}<br/>{{jct|state=IL|CR|1|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage)
|-
! 28
| || || || 28000 W || Plainfield–Naperville Road (224th Avenue){{efn|Essington Road in Bolingbrook Plainfield, and Joliet}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|1|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage)<br/>{{jct|state=IL|CR|14|county1=Will}} (Will)
|-
! 27
| 21600 N || Hawley Street || {{jct|state=IL|CR|A38|county1=Lake}} (Lake) || 27000 W || Barrington Road{{efn|Shaffner Road in Wheaton; Washington Street and Modaff Road in Naperville; Kings Road in Bolingbrook}} (216th Avenue)||  
|-
! 26
| 20800 N || Allanson Road || || 20400 W ||Bartlett Road|| 
|-
! 25
| 20000 N || Crystal Lake Avenue || || 20300 W || Hough Street || {{jct|state=IL|IL|59}}
|-
! 24
| 19200 N || Indian Creek Road || {{jct|state=IL|US|14}} || 20000 W || Summit Street ||
|-
! 23
| 18400 N || Miller Road; Rakow Road|| || 18000 W || Roselle Road || {{jct|state=IL|CR|4|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage)
|-
! 22
|17600 N || Half Day Road; Prairie Avenue || {{jct|state=IL|IL|22}} || 16600 W || [[Illinois Route 53|IL&nbsp;53]]; Meacham Road (176th Avenue) || {{jct|state=IL|IL|53}}<br/>{{jct|state=IL|CR|V64|county1=Cook}} 
|-
! 21
|16800 N || Park Avenue{{efn|Duffy Lane in Riverwoods}} || || 16200 W || [[Illinois Route 53|Rohlwing Road]]{{efn|Columbine Avenue in Lombard; Woodward Avenue in Woodridge and Downers Grove; Smith Road in Lamont}} (168th Avenue) || {{jct|state=IL|IL|53}}<br/>{{jct|state=IL|CR|56|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage)
|-
! 20.5
|16400 N||Aptakisic Road{{efn|Berkeley Road in Highland Park}} || ||16000 W|| Barker Avenue||
|-
! 20
|16000 N||Greenwood Avenue || || 15800 W || Lemont Road{{efn|Main Street in Lombard; Brookbank Road in Downers Grove}} (160th Avenue) || {{jct|state=IL|CR|9|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage)
|-
! 19.5
|15600 N ||Deerfield Road|| ||15400 W||Wilke Road ||
|-
! 19
|15200 N ||Roger Williams Avenue || || 15000 W || Fairview Avenue{{efn|Prospect Avenue in Itasca and Wood Dale}} (152nd Avenue) || {{jct|state=IL|CR|25|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage)
|-
! 18.5
|14800 N ||Ridgelee Road || ||14600 W || Williams Street; Fernandez Avenue||
|-
! 18
|14400 N ||Commercial Avenue || || 14200 W || Ardmore Avenue; Cedar Road{{efn|Tonne Road in Elk Grove Village; Cass Avenue in Westmont and Darien; Walker Road in Lemont}} (144th Avenue) || {{jct|state=IL|CR|15|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage)<br/> {{jct|state=IL|US|52}}
|-
! 17.5
|14000 N ||Dundee Road || {{jct|state=IL|IL|68}} ||13800 W || Goebbert Road||
|-
! 17
|13600 N || Walters Avenue|| || 13400 W || [[Illinois Route 83|Busse Road]]; [[Kingery Highway]]{{efn|Clarendon Hills Road in Willowbrook and Darien; Parker Road in Homer Glen}} (136th Avenue) || {{jct|state=IL|IL|83}}
|-
! 16.5
|13200 N ||Tower Road || ||13100 W ||Linneman Road ||
|-
! 16
|12800 N || Palatine Road{{efn|Pine Street in Winnetka}} || || 12800 W || Elmhurst Road; York Road{{efn|Madison Street in Hinsdale and Willowbrook; Bell Road in Lemont and Homer Glen}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|8|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage)
|-
! 15.5
|12400 N||Willow Road{{efn|Thomas Street in Arlington Heights}} || ||12400 W|| Garfield Street; Marshall Drive||
|-
! 15
|12000 N|| Winnetka Road|| || 12000 W || Mt. Prospect Road; County Line Road{{efn|Will–Cook Road south of the Calumet Sag, Will Road in Diamond}} || 
|-
! 14.5
|11600 N || Illinois Road|| || 11600 W || Taft Avenue; Warrington Road ||
|-
! 14
|11200 N || Lake Avenue|| || 11200 W || Wolf Road || {{jct|state=IL|US|6|IL|7}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|CR|W22|county1=Cook}}
|-
! 13.5
|10800 N || Wilmette Avenue|| || 10800 W || Gilbert Avenue; Willow Springs Road{{efn|Roberta Avenue in Melrose Park, Northlake, and Franklin Park}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|W75|county1=Cook}}
|-
! 13
| 10400 N ||Glenview Road || || 10400 W || [[Mannheim Road]]{{efn|Brainard Avenue in La Grange and Countryside; Flavin Road in Willow Springs}} || {{jct|state=IL|US|12|US|20|US|45}}
|-
! 12.5
| 10000 N || Old Orchard Road{{efn|Lincoln Street in Mt. Prospect}} || {{jct|state=IL|IL|83}} || 10000 W || Scott Street; West Avenue{{efn|33rd Avenue in Stone Park and Melrose Park; Eastern Avenue in Bellwood}} ||
|-
! 12
| 9600 N || Golf Road || {{jct|state=IL|IL|58}} || 9600 W || 25th Avenue{{efn|Kenman Avenue in La Grange Park; Rose Street in Schiller Park; [[Mannheim Road|La Grange Road]] south of the Calumet Sag}} (96th Avenue) || {{jct|state=IL|US|12|US|20|US|45}} 
|-
! 11.5
| 9200 N || Church Street || || 9200 W || 17th Avenue; Maple Avenue{{efn|Kean Avenue south of the Calumet Sag}} ||
|-
! 11
| 8800 N || [[Dempster Street]] || {{jct|state=IL|US|14|IL|58}} || 8800 W || 9th Avenue; East River Road{{efn|Cork Avenue and 88th Avenue south of the Calumet Sag}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|W30|county1=Cook}}
|-
! {{frac|10|1|2}}
| 8400 N || Main Street || || 8400 W || [[1st Avenue (Chicago)|1st Avenue]]; Cumberland Avenue{{efn|84th Avenue south of the Calumet Sag}} || {{jct|state=IL|IL|171}}
|-
! 10
| 8000 N || Oakton Steet|| || 8000 W || Pacific Avenue{{efn|Roberts Road between the Des Plaines River and the Calumet Sag; 80th Avenue south of the Calumet Sag}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|W32|county1=Cook}}
|-
! {{frac|9|1|2}}
| 7600 N || [[Howard Street (Chicago)|Howard Street]] || || 7600 W || Oriole Avenue{{efn|Lathrop Avenue in Forest Park and River Forest; 76th Avenue in Elmwood Park and south of the Calumet Sag}} ||
|-
! 9
| 7200 N || [[Touhy Avenue]] || {{jct|state=IL|IL|72}} || 7200 W || [[Harlem Avenue]] (72nd Avenue)|| {{jct|state=IL|IL|43}} [[File:US 66 (historic).svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 66 in Illinois|US 66]]
|-
! 8.5
| 6800 N || Pratt Boulevard || || 6800 W || Oak Park Avenue; Newcastle Avenue{{efn|68th Avenue in Palos Heights}} (68th Avenue) ||
|-
! 8
| 6400 N || [[Devon Avenue]] || {{jct|state=IL|CR|6|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage)  || 6400 W || Narragansett Avenue; Nagle Avenue{{efn|Ridgeland Avenue in the suburbs}} (64th Avenue) || 
|-
! {{frac|7|1|2}}
| 6000 N || Peterson Avenue || || 6000 W || Austin Avenue (60th Avenue) ||
|-
! 7
| 5600 N || Bryn Mawr Avenue || || 5600 W || Central Avenue (56th Avenue) || 
|-
! {{frac|6|1|2}}
| 5200 N || [[Foster Avenue (Chicago)|Foster Avenue]] || || 5200 W || Laramie Avenue (52nd Avenue) ||
|-
! 6
| 4800 N || Lawrence Avenue || || 4800 W || [[Cicero Avenue]]{{efn|Skokie Boulevard in Lincolnwood and Skokie}} (48th Avenue) || {{jct|state=IL|US|41|IL|50|IL|83}}
|-
! {{frac|5|1|2}}
| 4400 N || [[Montrose Avenue]] || || 4400 W || Kostner Avenue (44th Avenue) ||
|-
! 5
| 4000 N || [[Irving Park Road]] || {{jct|state=IL|IL|19}} || 4000 W || [[Pulaski Road (Chicago)|Pulaski Road]]{{efn|Crawford Avenue in Lincolnwood and Skokie}} (40th Avenue) || 
|-
! {{frac|4|1|2}}
| 3600 N || [[Addison Street]] || || 3600 W || Central Park Avenue ||
|-
! 4
| 3200 N || [[Belmont Avenue (Chicago)|Belmont Avenue]] || || 3200 W || [[Kedzie Avenue]] (32nd Avenue) || 
|-
! {{frac|3|1|2}}
| 2800 N || [[Diversey Parkway (Chicago)|Diversey Parkway]] || || 2800 W || California Avenue (28th Avenue){{efn|Dodge Avenue in Evanston}} || 
|-
! 3
| 2400 N || [[Fullerton Avenue]] || || 2400 W || [[Western Avenue (Chicago)|Western Avenue]]{{efn|Asbury Avenue in Evanston}} (24th Avenue) || 
|-
! {{frac|2|1|2}}
| 2000 N || [[Armitage Avenue (Chicago)|Armitage Avenue]] || || 2000 W || [[Damen Avenue]] (20th Avenue){{efn|Custer Avenue in Evanston}} ||
|-
! 2
| 1600 N || [[North Avenue (Chicago)|North Avenue]] || {{jct|state=IL|IL|64}} || 1600 W || [[Ashland Avenue]] (16th Avenue) || 
|-
! {{frac|1|1|2}}
| 1200 N || [[Division Street (Chicago)|Division Street]] || || 1200 W || [[Racine Avenue]] (12th Avenue) ||
|-
! 1
| 800 N || [[Chicago Avenue]] || || 800 W || [[Halsted Street]] (8th Avenue) || {{jct|state=IL|IL|1}}
|-
! {{frac|1|2}}
| 400 N || Kinzie Street || || 400 W || Sedgwick Street (4th Avenue); Stewart Avenue ||
|-
! 0
| 0 N/S || [[Madison Street (Chicago)|Madison Street]] || || 0 E/W || [[State Street (Chicago)|State Street]] (Middle Avenue) || {{jct|state=IL|CR|W55|county1=Cook}}
|-
! {{frac|1|2}}
| 600 S || Harrison Street (6th Street) || {{jct|state=IL|CR|62|county1=Cook}} || 400 E || Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (South Parkway) || {{jct|state=IL|CR|W55|county1=Cook}}
|-
! 1
| 1200 S || [[Roosevelt Road]] (12th Street) || {{jct|state=IL|IL|38}} || 800 E || [[Cottage Grove Avenue]] || 
|-
!{{frac|1|1|2}}
| 1600 S || 16th Street || || 1200 E || Woodlawn Avenue ||
|-
! 2
| 2200 S || [[Cermak Road]] (22nd Street){{efn|Fawell Boulevard in Glen Ellyn, Mack Road in Warrenville}} || || 1600 E || [[Stony Island Avenue]]; Volbrecht Road || 
|-
!{{frac|2|1|2}}
| 2600 S || 26th Street || || 2000 E || Jeffery Boulevard ||
|-
! 3
| 3100 S || 31st Street (Oak Brook Road) || {{jct|state=IL|CR|34|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage) || 2400 E || Yates Boulevard ||
|-
!{{frac|3|1|2}}
| 3500 S || 35th Street || || 2800 E || Burnham Avenue || 
|-
! 4
| 3900 S || [[Pershing Road (Chicago)|Pershing Road]] (39th Street) || || 3200 E || Brandon Avenue ||
|-
!{{frac|4|1|2}}
| 4300 S || 43rd Street{{efn|Shields Avenue in Brookfield}} || || 3600 E || Avenue L ||
|-
! 5
| 4700 S || 47th Street{{efn|Chicago Avenue in Hinsdale}} || || 4000 E || Avenue C ||
|-
!{{frac|5|1|2}}
| 5100 S || 51st Street; Hyde Park Boulevard || || 4400 E|| Manor Avenue||
|-
! 6
| 5500 S || [[Garfield Boulevard]]; 55th Street || {{jct|state=IL|CR|35|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage) || || ||
|-
!{{frac|6|1|2}}
| 5900 S || 59th Street{{efn|Hobson Road in Downers Grove}} || || || ||
|-
! 7
| 6300 S || 63rd Street || {{jct|state=IL|CR|38|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage) || || ||
|-
!{{frac|7|1|2}}
| 6700 S || 67th Street; Marquette Road || || || ||
|-
! 8
| 7100 S || 71st Street || || || ||
|-
!{{frac|8|1|2}}
| 7500 S || 75th Street || {{jct|state=IL|CR|33|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage) || || ||
|-
! 9
| 7900 S || 79th Street{{efn|South Frontage Road in Burr Ridge, Bailey Road in Naperville}} || {{jct|state=IL|county1=Cook|CR|B40}} || || ||
|-
!{{frac|9|1|2}}
| 8300 S || 83rd Street{{efn|German Church Road in Willow Springs and Burr Ridge; Montgomery Road in Aurora}} || || || ||
|-
! 10
| 8700 S || 87th Street{{efn|Oldfield Road in Darien and Downers Grove Township, Keating Drive in Aurora and Wheatland Township}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|31|county1=DuPage}} (DuPage) || || ||
|-
!{{frac|10|1|2}}
| 9100 S || 91st Street || || || ||
|-
! 11
| 9500 S || [[95th Street (Chicago)|95th Street]] || {{jct|state=IL|US|12|US|20}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|CR|89|county1=Will}} (Will)|| || ||
|-
!{{frac|11|1|2}}
| 9900 S || 99th Street || || || ||
|-
! 12
| 10300 S || 103rd Street || || || ||
|-
!{{frac|12|1|2}}
| 10700 S || 107th Street || || || ||
|-
! 13
| 11100 S || 111th Street{{efn|Hassert Boulevard in Wheatland and Bolingbrook Township}} || {{jct|state=IL|IL|83}}<br/>{{jct|state=IL|CR|66|county1=Will}} (Will) || || ||
|-
!{{frac|13|1|2}}
| 11500 S || 115th Street{{efn|Claar Boulevard in Bolingbrook and DuPage Township}} || || || ||
|-
! 14
| 11900 S || 119th Street{{efn|Rodeo Drive in Bolingbrook, Plainfield and Wheatland Township}} || || || ||
|-
!{{frac|14|1|2}}
| 12300 S || 123rd Street{{efn|McCarthy Road in Palos Park and Palos Township, Lemont Township and Lemont}} || || || ||
|-
! 15
| 12700 S || 127th Street{{efn|Normantown Road in Romeoville, Reagan Boulevard in Bolingbrook and Plainfield}} || {{jct|state=IL|IL|83}} || || ||
|-
!{{frac|15|1|2}}
| 13100 S || 131st Street || || || ||
|-
! 16
| 13500 S || 135th Street;<br>Romeo Road{{efn|Pilcher Road in Plainfield}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|35|county1=Will}} (Will) || || ||
|-
!{{frac|16|1|2}}
| 13900 S || 139th Street || || || ||
|-
! 17
| 14300 S || 143rd Street{{efn|Taylor Road in Romeoville, Plainfield Township, and Lockport Township}} || {{jct|state=IL|IL|7}}<br/>{{jct|state=IL|CR|37|county1=Will}} (Will)<br/>{{jct|state=IL|US|30}} || || ||
|-
! {{frac|17|1|2}}
| 14700 S || 147th Street || {{jct|state=IL|IL|83}} || || ||
|-
! 18
| 15100 S || 151st Street; Lockport Street{{efn|Airport Road in Romeoville, Plainfield Township, and Lockport Township}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|W32|county1=Cook}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|IL|126}} || || ||
|-
! {{frac|18|1|2}}
| 15500 S || 155th Street{{efn|Dreesen Street in Harvey, 158th Street east of the Little Calumet River}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|W55|county1=Cook}} || || || 
|-
! 19
| 15900 S || [[159th Street (Chicago)|159th Street]]{{efn|[[159th Street (Chicago)#162nd Street|162nd Street]] in South Holland, Renwick Road in Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Romeoville}} || {{jct|state=IL|IL|7|US|6}}<br/>{{jct|state=IL|CR|36|county1=Will}} (Will) || || ||
|-
! {{frac|19|1|2}}
| 16300 S || 163rd Street{{efn|7th Street in Lockport}} || || || ||
|-
! 20
| 16700 S || 167th Street{{efn|Division Street in Lockport}} || || || ||
|-
! {{frac|20|1|2}}
| 17100 S || 171st Street || {{jct|state=IL|CR|B60}} || || ||
|-
! 21
| 17500 S || 175th Street{{efn|Bruce Road in Lockport and Homer Glen, Caton Farm Road in Crystal Lawns and Crest Hill}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|5}} (Will)<br/>{{jct|state=IL|CR|23}} (Kendall) || || ||
|-
! {{frac|21|1|2}}
| 17900 S || 179th Street || || || ||
|-
! 22
| 18300 S || 183rd Street{{efn|186th Street east of the Calumet Expressway, Theodore Street in Crest Hill and Joliet}} || || || ||
|-
! {{frac|22|1|2}}
| 18700 S || 187th Street{{efn|Ingalls Avenue in Joliet}} || {{jct|state=IL|US|6}} || || ||
|-
! 23
| 19100 S || 191st Street{{efn|Flossmoor Road in Flossmoor; Glenwood–Lansing Road in Glenwood and Lansing, Black Road in Joliet}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|B65|county1=Cook}}<br/>{{jct|state=IL|CR|84|county1=Will}} (Will) || || ||
|-
! {{frac|23|1|2}}
| 19500 S || 195th Street || || || ||
|-
! 24
| 19900 S || Vollmer Road; Jefferson Street || {{jct|state=IL|US|52}} || || ||
|-
! {{frac|24|1|2}}
| 20300 S || 203rd Street; Joe Orr Road || || || ||
|-
! 25
| 20700 S || 207th Street{{efn|10th Street in Chicago Heights}} || || || ||
|-
! {{frac|25|1|2}}
| 21100 S || [[Lincoln Highway]] || {{jct|state=IL|US|30|Lincoln}} || || || 
|-
! 26
| 21500 S || 215th Street || || || ||
|-
! {{frac|26|1|2}}
| 21900 S || 26th Street (219th Street) || || || ||
|-
! 27
| 22300 S || 30th Street; Laraway Road<br>(223rd Street) || {{jct|state=IL|CR|74|county1=Will}} (Will)|| || ||
|-
! {{frac|27|1|2}}
| 22700 S || 34th Street (227th Street) || || || ||
|-
! 28
| 23100 S || Delaney Road; Steger Road{{efn|Schweitzer Road in Joliet}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|C12|CR|C13|county1=Cook|county2=Cook}} || || ||
|-
! 29
| 23900 S || Stuenkel Road; University Parkway || || || ||
|-
! 30
| 24700 S || Bluff Road || {{jct|state=IL|CR|77|county1=Will}} (Will) || || ||
|-
! {{frac|30|1|2}}
| 25100 S || Manhattan Road || {{jct|state=IL|CR|17|county1=Will}} (Will) || || ||
|-
! 31
| 25500 S || Monee-Manhattan Road; Arsenal Road || {{jct|state=IL|CR|6|county1=Will}} (Will)<br/>{{jct|state=IL|CR|17|county1=Will}} (Will)<br/>{{jct|state=IL|US|6}} || || ||
|-
! {{frac|31|1|2}}
| 25900 S || Crete-Monee Road || {{jct|state=IL|CR|21|county1=Will}} (Will) || || ||
|-
! {{frac|32|1|2}}
| 26700 S || Bemes Road || || || ||
|-
! 33
| 27100 S || Pauling Road || {{jct|state=IL|CR|23|county1=Will}} (Will) || || ||
|-
! {{frac|33|1|2}}
| 27500 S || Blodgett Road; Marseilles Road{{efn|Offner Road south of Monee}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|C26|county1=Grundy}} (Grundy)<br/>{{jct|state=IL|US|6}} || || ||
|-
! 34
| 27900 S || Eagle Lake Road || || || ||
|-
! {{frac|34|1|2|}}
| 28300 S || Joliet Road; North Peotone Road{{efn|Lorenzo Road north of Braidwood, Pine Bluff Road south of Morris, Church Road in Beecher}} || {{jct|state=IL|CR|80|county1=Will}} (Will)<br/>{{jct|state=IL|US|52}}<br/>{{jct|state=IL|CR|20|county1=Will}} (Will)  || || ||
|-
! 35
| 28700 S || Beecher Road; Indiana Avenue || {{jct|state=IL|CR|24|county1=Will}} (Will) || || ||
|-
! 36
| 29500 S || Wilmington Road || {{jct|state=IL|CR|25|county1=Will}} (Will) || || ||
|-
! 37
| 30300 S || Coal City Road; Division Street{{efn|County Line Road south of Peotone}} || {{jct|state=IL|IL|113}} || || ||
|-
! 38
| 31100 S || Reed Road; Kennedy Road || {{jct|state=IL|IL|113}} || || ||
|}
{{notelist}}
(No part of Golf Road, Dempster Street, Oakton Street, Wolf Road, LaGrange Road or 143rd Street to 311th Street actually lies within the boundaries of Chicago. These streets are included for reference, since they are a continuation of the Chicago mile street pattern into the suburbs.)<ref>{{cite web |title = Chicago Streets Name Changes |url = http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/nameChanges/start.pdf |work = Architecture and Building History |publisher = [[Chicago History Museum]] |access-date = January 3, 2012 |year = 1948 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725165215/http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/nameChanges/start.pdf |archive-date = July 25, 2011 }}</ref>

===Downtown===
The density of main streets in downtown Chicago is greater than in the rest of the city, with some at half-block spacing (just 50 address numbers or one-sixteenth mile from the next parallel street), or block spacing between main streets, unlike the rest of the city where the main streets are spaced at half-mile and mile intervals:
{{columns-start}}
* North/south:
** Canal Street (500 W)
** [[Wacker Drive]] (400 W)
** Franklin Street (300 W)
** [[Wells Street (Chicago)|Wells Street]] (200 W)
** [[LaSalle Street]] (140 W)
** [[Clark Street (Chicago)|Clark Street]] (100 W)
** [[Dearborn Street]] (36 W)
** [[State Street (Chicago)|State Street]] (0 E/W)
** Wabash Avenue (44 E)
** [[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)|Michigan Avenue]] (100 E)
** [[Columbus Drive (Chicago)|Columbus Drive]]/Fairbanks Court (300 E)
** McClurg Court (400 E)
{{column}}
* East/west:
** [[Oak Street (Chicago)|Oak Street]] (1000 N)
** Walton Street (932 N)
** Delaware Place (900 N)
** Chestnut Street (860 N)
** Pearson Street (830 N)
** [[Chicago Avenue]] (800 N)
** Superior Street (732 N)
** Huron Street (700 N)
** Erie Street (658 N)
** Ontario Street (628 N)
** [[Ohio Street (Chicago)|Ohio Street]] (600 N)
** [[Grand Avenue (Chicago)|Grand Avenue]] (530 N)
** Illinois Street (500 N)
** [[Hubbard Street]] (430 N)
** Kinzie Street (400 N)
** [[Wacker Drive]] (300 N)
** [[Lake Street (Chicago)|Lake Street]] (200 N)
** [[Randolph Street]] (150 N)
** Washington Street (100 N)
** [[Madison Street (Chicago)|Madison Street]] (0 N/S)
** Monroe Street (100 S)
** Adams Street (200 S)
** [[Jackson Boulevard]] (300 S)
** [[Van Buren Street]] (400 S)
** [[Ida B. Wells Drive]]/Congress Parkway (500 S)
** Harrison Street (600 S)
** Balbo Drive (700 S)
** Polk Street (800 S)
{{columns-end}}

===Secondary streets===
{{columns-start}}
* East/west:
** 10000 N – (Old Orchard Road)
** 9200 N – (Church Street)
** 8400 N – (Main Street)
** 7600 N – [[Howard Street (Chicago)|Howard Street]]
** 6800 N – Pratt Avenue
** 6000 N – [[File:US 14.svg|20px]] Peterson Avenue
** 5200 N – [[Foster Avenue (Chicago)|Foster Avenue]]
** 4600 N – Wilson Avenue (not a half-mile)
** 4400 N – Montrose Avenue
** 3600 N – [[Addison Street]]
** 2800 N – [[Diversey Parkway (Chicago)|Diversey Parkway]]
** 2000 N – [[Armitage Avenue (Chicago)|Armitage Avenue]]
** 1200 N – [[Division Street (Chicago)|Division Street]]
** 400 N – Kinzie Street
** 1000 S – Taylor Street (not a half-mile)
** 1600 S – 16th Street
** 2600 S – 26th Street
** 3500 S – 35th Street
** 4300 S – 43rd Street
** 5100 S – 51st Street (East Hyde Park Boulevard)
** 5900 S – 59th Street
** 6700 S – Marquette Road (67th Street)
** 7500 S – {{jct|state=IL|CR|33|county1=DuPage}} 75th Street
** 8300 S – 83rd Street (German Church Road in Willow Springs, Montgomery Road in Aurora)
** 9100 S – 91st Street
** 9900 S – 99th Street
** 10400 S - 104th Street
** 10700 S – 107th Street
** 11500 S – 115th Street (Claar Boulevard in Bolingbrook)
** 12300 S – 123rd Street (McCarthy Road in Palos Park)
** 13000 S – 130th Street (not a half-mile)
** 13800 S - 138th Street (boundary of Chicago)
{{column}}
* North/south:
** 9400 W – River Road (not a half-mile)
** 8400 W – [[Image:Illinois 171.svg|20px]] [[1st Avenue (Chicago)|1st Avenue (Cumberland Avenue)]]
** 7600 W – Oriole Avenue
** 6800 W – Oak Park Avenue
** 6000 W – Austin Avenue
** 5200 W – Laramie Avenue
** 4400 W – Kostner Avenue
** 3600 W – Central Park Avenue
** 3400 W – Kimball Avenue (Homan Avenue) not a half-mile
** 2800 W – California Avenue
** 2000 W – Damen Avenue
** 1200 W – Racine Avenue
** 400 E – [[Martin Luther King Drive (Chicago)|Martin Luther King Jr. Drive]] (King Drive)
** 1200 E – Woodlawn Avenue
** 2000 E – Jeffery Boulevard
** 2628 E – [[Torrence Avenue (Chicago)|Torrence Avenue]] (not a half-mile)
** 2800 E – Burnham Avenue
** 3000 E – Commercial Avenue (not a half-mile)
** 3600 E – Avenue L
{{columns-end}}
The half-mile numbered streets on the South Side are all secondary streets: 35th, 43rd, 51st, 59th, etc.; all are numbered aside from Marquette Road, running at 6700 S, west from [[Martin Luther King Drive (Chicago)|King Drive]] (400 E) to the city's western limit at [[Cicero Avenue]] (4800 W), near [[Midway International Airport]]. East of King to near [[Lake Michigan]] at 2400 E, it is called 67th Street, and Marquette is aligned one block to the north on what would be 66th Street.

(No part of Old Orchard Road, Church Street, or Main Street actually lies within the boundaries of Chicago. These streets are included for reference, since they are a continuation of the Chicago mile street pattern into the suburbs.)

A similar numbering system is also used in [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-1/CH113.pdf |title = Arrangement of City Streets 113-1 |publisher = City of Milwaukee |date = November 23, 2010 |access-date = September 3, 2014 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130508172831/http://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-1/CH113.pdf |archive-date = May 8, 2013 }}</ref>

===Diagonal roads===
The following streets run diagonally through Chicago's grid system on all or part of their courses. These streets tend to form major 5 or 6-way intersections. In many cases they were Indian trails, or were among the earliest streets established in the city. Diagonals are numbered as north–south or east–west streets. Examples are North Lincoln Avenue and Ogden Avenue, which bends at Madison and changes from North Ogden to West Ogden.
{{div col start}}
{{columns-start}}
* N. Rogers Avenue
* [[Image:US 14.svg|20px]] N. [[Ridge Avenue (Chicago)|Ridge Avenue/Boulevard]]
* N. [[Broadway (Chicago)|Broadway]]
* N. [[Clark Street (Chicago)|Clark Street]]
* N. [[Rush Street (Chicago)|Rush Street]]
* [[Image:US 41.svg|20px]] N. [[Lincoln Avenue (Chicago)|Lincoln Avenue]]
* [[Image:Illinois 137.svg|20px]] N. [[Sheridan Road]]
* [[Image:US 14.svg|20px]] N. Caldwell Avenue
* N. Lehigh Avenue
* N. Clybourn Avenue
* N. Kingsbury Street
* N. [[Elston Avenue]]
* N. Avondale Avenue
* [[Image:Illinois 21.svg|20px]] N. [[Milwaukee Avenue (Chicago)|Milwaukee Avenue]]
* [[Image:US 14.svg|20px]] N. Northwest Highway
* W. Forest Preserve Drive
* [[Image:Illinois 72.svg|20px]] W. Higgins Avenue
* {{jct|state=IL|CR|20|county1=DuPage}} W. [[Grand Avenue (Chicago)|Grand Avenue]]
* [[Image:US 20.svg|20px]] W. [[Lake Street (Chicago)|Lake Street]]
* W. Fifth Avenue
* [[Image:US 34.svg|20px]] N. and W. [[Ogden Avenue]]
* S. [[Blue Island Avenue]]
* S. Canalport Avenue
* [[Image:Illinois 171.svg|20px]] S. [[Archer Avenue]]
* [[Image:Illinois 71.svg|20px]] N. Stagecoach Trail
* [[Image:Illinois 50.svg|20px]] S. Governors Highway
{{column}}
* W. Columbus Avenue
* S. Vincennes Avenue
* S. Beverly Avenue
* S. Anthony Avenue
* S. South Chicago Avenue
* S. Exchange Avenue
* S. Ewing Avenue
* S. Brainard Avenue
* [[Image:US 41.svg|20px]] S. South Shore Drive
* [[Image:US 12.svg|20px]] [[Image:US 20.svg|20px]] [[Image:US 41.svg|20px]] S. [[Indianapolis Boulevard|Indianapolis Avenue]]
* {{jct|state=IL|CR|31|county1=DuPage}} W. Plainfield Road
* {{jct|state=IL|CR|2|county1=DuPage}} W. Hobson Road
* E. Boughton Road
* E. Oldfield Road
* E. Maple Avenue
* W. Batavia Road
* W. Wolf's Crossing Road
* [[Image:Illinois 126.svg|20px]] W. Main Street
* W. New Avenue
* W. High Lake Road
* W. Crescent Boulevard
* E. Glenwood-Dyer Road
{{columns-end}}
{{div col end}}

==Expressways==
The city of Chicago proper contains seven major [[Interstate highways]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-08-16|title=A crash course on the names of Chicago’s expressways|url=https://wgntv.com/news/trending/a-crash-course-on-the-names-of-chicagos-expressways/|access-date=2023-10-24|website=WGN-TV|language=en-US}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!width=200px| Roadway Name
!width=85px| Numbers
! Description
|-
| [[Kennedy Expressway]]<br>(''Northwest Expressway'') || {{jct|state=IL|I|90}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|I|94}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|I|190}} || Runs from [[O'Hare International Airport|O'Hare]] east and south to downtown Chicago. It interchanges with the [[Jane Addams Memorial Tollway|Jane Addams]] and the [[Tri-State Tollway]]s near Cumberland Avenue on the city's far northwest side, with the [[Edens Expressway]] near Montrose Avenue on the near northwest side, and with the [[Dan Ryan Expressway|Dan Ryan]] and [[Eisenhower Expressway]]s at its southern terminus downtown at the [[Jane Byrne Interchange]]. The portion from O'Hare to the Jane Addams and the Tri-State Tollways is [[Interstate 190 (Illinois)|I-190]]; the remainder is signed as [[Interstate 90|I-90]]. [[Interstate 94|I-94]] is overlaid on I-90 south of the junction with the Edens.
|-
| [[Jane Addams Memorial Tollway]]<br>(''Northwest Tollway'') || {{jct|state=IL|I-Toll|90}} || Runs from its complex interchange with the [[Kennedy Expressway]] and the [[Tri-State Tollway]] through the northwest suburbs towards [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]] and [[South Beloit, Illinois|South Beloit]].
|-
| [[Edens Expressway]]<br>(''Skokie Highway'') || {{jct|state=IL|I|94}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|US|41}} || Runs south from Park Avenue West in [[Highland Park, Illinois|Highland Park]] to its interchange with the Kennedy Expressway near Montrose. The [[Edens Spur]] (formally part of the [[Tri-State Tollway]]) splits off near the north end to meet the Tri-State. The Edens south of the Spur is signed as I-94; the section north of the Skokie Road exit in [[Wilmette, Illinois|Wilmette]] is signed as US&nbsp;41. US&nbsp;41 continues north as [[Skokie Highway]] beyond the northern terminus of the Edens.
|-
| [[Dan Ryan Expressway]] || {{jct|state=IL|I|90}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|I|94}} || Runs south from the [[Jane Byrne Interchange]] near the Loop to the [[Bishop Ford Freeway]] in the Far Southeast Side in Chicago. In between, the Dan Ryan  interchanges with the [[Stevenson Expressway]] and the [[Chicago Skyway]] near 66th Street. The portion between the Jane Byrne Interchange and the junction with the Chicago Skyway is overlaid with [[Interstate 90|I-90]].
|-
| [[Eisenhower Expressway]]<br>(''Congress Expressway'') || {{jct|state=IL|I|290}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|CKC|}}<br/>{{jct|state=IL|IL|53}} || Runs west from the [[Jane Byrne Interchange]] to an interchange with the Tri-State Tollway and the eastern terminus of the [[Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway]] ([[Interstate 88 (Illinois)|I-88]]) near [[Hillside, Illinois]]. Further west, I-290 turns northwest and becomes the "Eisenhower Extension". At the interchange with [[Interstate 90|I-90]] near [[Schaumburg, Illinois|Schaumburg]], it continues as [[Illinois Route 53|IL&nbsp;53]] until eventually terminating at Lake Cook Road. East of the Jane Byrne Interchange, the route continues downtown as Ida B. Wells Drive.
|-
| [[Stevenson Expressway]]<br>(''Southwest Expressway'') || {{jct|state=IL|I|55}} || Runs southwest from Lake Shore Drive to the [[Tri-State Tollway]] in [[Burr Ridge, Illinois|Burr Ridge]]. Along the way, the expressway interchanges with the Dan Ryan before heading to the south and southwestern neighborhoods of Chicago. The Stevenson then continues past [[Midway International Airport|Midway Airport]] and out of Chicago.
|-
| [[Veterans Memorial Tollway]]<br>(''North–South Tollway'') || {{jct|state=IL|I-Toll|355}} || Runs south from an interchange with [[Interstate 290 (Illinois)|I-290]] near [[Itasca, Illinois|Itasca]] to [[Interstate 80|I-80]] near [[New Lenox, Illinois|New Lenox]]. Along the way, I-355 runs through the western suburbs to an interchange with [[Interstate 88 (Illinois)|I-88]] before continuing south to the interchange with [[Interstate 55|I-55]]. Then it continues south along {{convert|11|mi|km}} of tollway to its southern terminus at [[Interstate 80|I-80]].
|-
| [[Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway]]<br>(''East–West Tollway'') || {{jct|state=IL|I-Toll|88}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|IL-Toll|56}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|CKC|}} || Runs from a complex interchange with the [[Eisenhower Expressway]] and the [[Tri-State Tollway]] west to U.S. Route 30 near [[Rock Falls, Illinois|Rock Falls]]. Along the way, the tollway meets another complex interchange with [[Interstate 355|I-355]]. Then it heads through the western suburbs into north-central Illinois.
|-
| [[Interstate 57]]<br>(''Dan Ryan West Leg'') || {{jct|state=IL|I|57}} || Runs south from the junction of the [[Dan Ryan Expressway]] and [[Bishop Ford Freeway]] to the southern suburbs. Known originally as the "Dan Ryan West Leg", the name has since dropped from common usage. As such, it is the only freeway within the city of Chicago lacking a formal name.
|-
| [[Bishop Ford Freeway]]<br>(''Calumet Expressway'') || {{jct|state=IL|I|94}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|IL|394}}|| Runs from the southern terminus of the Dan Ryan Expressway, heads east, then south through the Far Southeast Side in Chicago to the southern suburbs before ending at a junction with the [[Kingery Expressway]] and the [[Tri-State Tollway]]. South of that point, it continues as [[Illinois Route 394|IL&nbsp;394]] until [[Illinois Route 1|IL&nbsp;1]] in [[Goodenow, Illinois|Goodenow]].
|-
| {{jct|state=IL|Skyway}}<br>(''Calumet Skyway'') || {{jct|state=IL|I-Toll|90}} || The Skyway angles off from the Dan Ryan Expressway near 66th Street and heads southeast toward [[Indiana]]. The Skyway ends after a toll bridge over the [[Little Calumet River]] and the Indiana state line, at which point it becomes the [[Indiana Toll Road]].
|-
| [[Tri-State Tollway]] || {{jct|state=IL|I-Toll|80}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|I-Toll|94}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|I-Toll|294}} || Serves as a toll bypass around Chicago. The tollway runs from a combination interchange with the Kingery Expressway and the Bishop Ford Freeway towards an interchange with US&nbsp;41 just south of the Wisconsin state line. North of the junction with the Edens Spur the Tri-State is signed as [[Interstate 94|I-94]]; on and south of this it is signed as I-294, the southern part of which is overlaid by [[Interstate 80|I-80]].
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| [[Kingery Expressway]] || {{jct|state=IL|I|80}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|I|94}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|US|6}} || Located entirely in [[Lansing, Illinois]], this is a three-mile-long expressway running from the interchange with the [[Bishop Ford Freeway]] and the [[Tri-State Tollway]] to the [[Illinois]]/[[Indiana]] border.
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| [[Lake Shore Drive]] || {{jct|state=IL|US|41}} || A major limited-access highway running along the Lake Michigan shoreline from East 67th Street in southern Chicago to Hollywood Avenue in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood. For most of its length, Lake Shore Drive is signed as US&nbsp;41. Portions of Lake Shore Drive were constructed as an expressway.
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| [[Elgin Bypass]] || {{jct|state=IL|US|20}} || A five-mile freeway signed as [[U.S. Route 20|US&nbsp;20]], bypassing [[Elgin, Illinois]]. It goes west from the Villa Street interchange, meets IL&nbsp;25, crosses the [[Fox River (Illinois River tributary)|Fox River]], then meets State Street, McLean Boulevard, and Randall Road before continuing at-grade.
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| [[Illinois Route 31|Western Algonquin Bypass]] || {{jct|state=IL|IL|31}} || A two-and-a-half-mile bypass in [[Algonquin, Illinois|Algonquin]] and [[Crystal Lake, Illinois|Crystal Lake]]. It has two exits on [[Illinois Route 62|IL 62]] (Algonquin Road) and [[U.S. Route 14|US&nbsp;14]].
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| [[Kingery Highway]] || {{jct|state=IL|IL|83}} || From Bensenville, the Kingery Highway heads south 18 miles to just south of the Des Plaines River. It is a multi-lane divided limited-access road with grade-separated portions.<ref name=rmchi07>{{cite book |author = Rand McNally |title = Chicago 7-County Street Guide |year = 2007 |publisher = Rand McNally |isbn = 978-0-5288-5972-4 }}{{page needed|date=March 2023}}</ref><ref name=illat96>{{cite book |author = DeLorme |title = Illinois Atlas and Gazetteer |year = 1996 |location = Yarmouth, Maine |publisher = DeLorme |isbn = 0-89933-213-7 |pages = 20, 21, 28, 29 }}</ref>
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| [[Amstutz Expressway]] || {{jct|state=IL|IL|137}} || A two-mile expressway located entirely in [[Waukegan, Illinois]]. It has only one exit at Grand Avenue.
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| [[Elgin–O'Hare Tollway]]<br>([[File:Illinois Elgin–O'Hare Expressway.svg|20px]] ''Elgin–O'Hare Expressway'') || {{jct|state=IL|IL-Toll|390}} || Formerly an unnumbered free expressway, it heads west from IL&nbsp;83 in [[Bensenville, Illinois|Bensenville]] through [[Itasca, Illinois|Itasca]], [[Roselle, Illinois|Roselle]], and [[Schaumburg, Illinois|Schaumburg]] until terminating at an interchange with [[U.S. Route 20 in Illinois|U.S. Route 20]]. Until 2017, the expressway ended at IL&nbsp;53 in Itasca. A one-mile eastern extension to [[Interstate 490 (Illinois)|I-490]] is under construction.
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==U.S. Routes==
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!width=110px| U.S. Routes !! Description
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| {{jct|state=IL|US|6}} ||
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| {{jct|state=IL|US|12}}<br>{{jct|state=IL|US|20}} || The two Routes enter through the southeastern part of the city from [[Indiana]] with [[U.S. Route 41 in Illinois|U.S. Route 41]], underneath the [[Chicago Skyway]] Toll Bridge. At 95th Street, they head west to an intersection with [[U.S. Route 45]] west of the city. There they go north on LaGrange Road to Lake Street, where US&nbsp;20 turns northwest through Elgin to Iowa. US&nbsp;12 and US&nbsp;45 continue north past O'Hare Airport to Des Plaines, where US&nbsp;12 turns on Rand Road and goes northwest, then north to Wisconsin.<ref name=rmchi07 /><ref name=illat96 /><ref name=gogm13>{{cite web |url = https://maps.google.com |title = Google Maps |publisher = Google Maps |year = 2013 |access-date = March 14, 2013 }}{{full citation needed|date=March 2023}}<!--You can't cite the website generally. Instead, a specific link is needed.-->{{failed verification|date=March 2023}}</ref>
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| {{jct|state=IL|US|14}} || The route splits off from [[U.S. Route 41 in Illinois|U.S. Route 41]] at Bryn Mawr Avenue by [[Lake Michigan]] on the north side of the city. US&nbsp;14 then recrosses US&nbsp;41 and eventually exits the city as Caldwell Avenue.
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| {{jct|state=IL|US|30}} || 
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| {{jct|state=IL|US|34}} || The route originally began downtown and ran west on Ogden Avenue and through the suburbs, continuing through Aurora and on to Iowa. In 1970 the beginning was moved west to Harlem Avenue (Illinois Route 43), where it intersected with US&nbsp;66.<ref name=illmaps13>{{cite web |url = http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/search/collection/isl9 |title = Illinois State Highway Maps |publisher = Illinois Digital Archives |access-date = March 14, 2013 }}{{failed verification|date=March 2023}}<!--should be citing the specific maps, not the directory of them.--></ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.usends.com/index.html |title = US Ends.com |publisher = 2012 Dale Sanderson |year = 2012 |access-date = March 15, 2013 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130407074540/http://www.usends.com/index.html |archive-date = April 7, 2013 }}{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date=March 2023}}</ref>
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| {{jct|state=IL|US|41}} || The route enters through the southeastern part of the city from [[Indiana]] with [[U.S. Route 12]] and [[U.S. Route 20]], underneath the [[Chicago Skyway]] Toll Bridge. At 95th Street, when US&nbsp;12 and US&nbsp;20 turn west, it continues north along the lakefront, especially via [[Lake Shore Drive]]. US&nbsp;41 then departs from Lake Shore Drive at Foster Avenue. From Foster Avenue, US&nbsp;41 continues northwest on [[Lincoln Avenue (Chicago)|Lincoln Avenue]], finally exiting Chicago at [[Devon Avenue (Chicago)|Devon Avenue]] into the suburb of Lincolnwood.
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| {{jct|state=IL|US|45}} || The route comes north from Kentucky and intersects [[U.S. Route 12]] and [[U.S. Route 20]] at 95th Street west of Chicago. The three routes go north on LaGrange Road, then US&nbsp;12 and US&nbsp;45 continue north on Mannheim Road past O'Hare Airport and into Des Plaines. Separating from US&nbsp;12, it follows the [[Des Plaines River]] as Des Plaines River Road, then continues north on Milwaukee Avenue towards Wisconsin.<ref name=rmchi07 /><ref name=illat96 /><ref name=gogm13 />
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| {{jct|state=IL|US|52}} || 
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| {{jct|state=IL|US-Hist|66}} || The route started downtown and followed Ogden Avenue west out of the city, then southwest to Joliet and on to St Louis. Status as a U.S. Route in Illinois was discontinued in 1974 largely due to Interstate 55 paralleling the stretch. Some remnants are signed as historic.<ref name=illmaps13 />
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==County roads==
Cook County has a modest amount of [[county roads]] after plans were made in 2009 to designate many roads on county ownership as a public service.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-02-11-0902100673-story.html |title = New signs point to confusion |work = Chicago Tribune |access-date = January 7, 2023 }}</ref>

Only the designated streets in the townships of Lemont, Palos, Orland, Bremen, Lyons (south of the rivers) and Wheeling have the blue pentagon signs that are used to demarcate county roads.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Chicago Interstates map.png|Interstates in Chicago as of June 2007
File:ChicagoSkyway1104.jpg|Sunset view of the [[Chicago Skyway]] tollbooths at the entrance to the [[Chicago]] southbound city limits
File:LakeShoreDrive.jpg|South Lake Shore Drive, looking north towards downtown.
File:Traffic on US Highway 41 in Foggy Chicago.jpg|Traffic going southbound on the Kennedy Expressway on a foggy day.
File:0-0-Chicago.jpg|The intersection of Madison St and State St is regarded as the "zero-zero point" of Chicago.
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Chicago Department of Transportation]]
* [[Chicago Pedway]]
* [[Chicago Tunnel Company]]
* [[Cycling in Chicago]]
* [[Horatio G. Loomis]]
* [[LaSalle Street Tunnel]]
* [[Matthew Laflin]]
* [[Philip Maxwell]]
* [[Philo Carpenter]]
* [[Van Buren Street Tunnel]]
* [[Washington Street Tunnel (Chicago)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.chicagohistory.org/research/resources/architecture Architecture and Building History resources, Chicago History Museum]

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