Harlem Avenue

Harlem Avenue
7200 West
Part of Historic US 66 / IL 43 / IL 50
LocationChicago
North endLehigh Avenue at Glenview Road in Glenview
42°04′22″N 87°48′20″W / 42.0727°N 87.8055°W / 42.0727; -87.8055
South end IL 50 Intersection of East South Street and South Drecksler Road in Peotone
41°19′48″N 87°47′07″W / 41.3300°N 87.7853°W / 41.3300; -87.7853
A street sign

Harlem Avenue is a major north–south street located in Chicago and its west, southwest, and northwest suburbs. It stretches from Glenview Road in Glenview to the intersection of East South Street and South Drecksler Road in Peotone, where it diverges into Illinois Route 50. At 54.1 miles (87.1 km), it is the third-longest street in the United States, after Telegraph Road in southeastern Michigan and O Street in Nebraska.[citation needed] For most of its length, it carries Illinois Route 43.

An express bus service from Pace Pulse is currently being planned for the portion of the street between 95th Street and North Avenue, serving primarily the southern and western suburbs.[1]

Communities served

From north to south:

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
WillPeotone0.00.0 IL 50Continuation beyond South Street
Drecksler Road/South StreetSouthern terminus
0.91.4
IL 50 north (Governors Highway)
WillCook
county line
Frankfort SquareMatteson
Frankfort tripoint
12.420.0
US 30 / IL 43 north / Lincoln Highway
Southern end of IL 43 overlap; southern terminus of IL 43
Tinley Park15.524.9 I-80 – Joliet, Gary
CookTinley ParkOrland Park line19.030.6 US 6 (159th Street)
Palos Heights24.138.8 IL 83 (College Drive)
Worth25.741.4
IL 7 south (Southwest Highway)
Northern terminus of IL 7
Oak LawnBridgeview line27.143.6

US 12 / US 20 (95th Street) to I-294 Toll (Tri-State Tollway)
Interchange
SummitForest View line32.852.8 I-55 (Stevenson Expressway)
LyonsRiverside
Berwyn tripoint
34.555.5
US 34 west (Ogden Avenue)
Forest ParkOak Park line37.961.0
I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) (Eisenhower Expressway)
Oak ParkRiver Forest
Elmwood ParkChicago quadripoint
40.465.0 IL 64 (West North Avenue)
ChicagoNorridge line43.469.8 IL 19 (West Irving Park Road)
Chicago45.372.9
IL 72 west (West Higgins Avenue)
45.473.1 I-90 (Kennedy Expressway)
Niles47.977.1
IL 21 north (Milwaukee Avenue)
48.578.1
IL 43 north (Oakton Street)
Northern end of IL 43 overlap
Morton GroveNiles line49.579.7 US 14 (Dempster Street)
GlenviewMorton Grove line50.581.3 IL 58 (Golf Road)
Glenview51.783.2Glenview RoadNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Major transit connections

As one of the most important thoroughfares in Chicagoland outside of Downtown Chicago, Harlem Avenue offers a number of transit connections to the Chicago Loop and points west. Two of Amtrak's secondary Chicagoland stations are also located along Harlem Avenue, serving the two most popular Midwest passenger services (Hiawatha between Chicago and Milwaukee and Lincoln between Chicago and St. Louis) as well as three long-distance routes. Listed from south to north:

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.pacebus.com/pulse
  2. ^ "Harlem Avenue".
  3. ^ https://www.pacebus.com/pulse
  4. ^ https://www.pacebus.com/pulse
  5. ^ https://www.pacebus.com/pulse
  6. ^ https://www.pacebus.com/pulse