Broadway (Chicago)

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Broadway
1200 West (from Lawrence to Devon)
Uptown Broadway Building - Chicago 4 (3224929388).jpg
Broadway at the Uptown Broadway Building and the "L" tracks
Part ofUS 14.svg US 14
Length4.7 mi (7.6 km)
South end Diversey Parkway (2800 North) 41°55′58″N87°38′42″W / 41.932791°N 87.644913°W / 41.932791; -87.644913 (Broadway south end)
North end Devon Avenue (6400 North) 41°59′54″N87°39′38″W / 41.998202°N 87.660526°W / 41.998202; -87.660526 (Broadway north end)

Broadway is a major street in Chicago's Lake View, Uptown, and Edgewater community areas on the city's North Side, running from Diversey Parkway (2800 North) to Devon Avenue (6400 North). Originally called Evanston Avenue, the name of the street was changed to Broadway on August 15, 1913, as part of 467 road name changes enacted on that date. [1] The new name was taken from New York City's famous theater district. [2]

The street runs at a mostly southeast-to-northwest diagonal direction between Diversey Parkway and Lawrence Avenue (4800 North). Between Lawrence Avenue and Devon Avenue, Broadway runs in a north-to-south direction and becomes 1200 West in place of Racine Avenue. The north–south section of Broadway is located a half-block west of and parallel to the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line and Purple Line elevated train tracks. Broadway carries U.S. Route 14 from its terminus at Foster Avenue to the intersection of Ridge and Bryn Mawr Avenues. Broadway is the only street in the city of Chicago that does not have a suffix. It is not a Street, Avenue, Road, Boulevard nor Parkway; it is known simply as Broadway.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Chicago, Cook County.

mi [3] kmDestinationsNotes
0.00.0North Clark Street / West Diversey Parkway Southern terminus
1.62.6Illinois 19.svg IL 19 (West Irving Park Road)
3.25.1Begin plate.svg
US 14.svg
US 41.svg US 14 begins / US 41 (West Foster Avenue)
Southern end of US 14 concurrency; eastern terminus of US 14
3.76.0West plate.svg
US 14.svg
US 14 west (North Ridge Avenue) / West Bryn Mawr Avenue
Northern end of US 14 concurrency
4.77.6West Devon Avenue / West Sheridan Road Northern terminus; roadway continues as North Sheridan Road.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. "Evanston Avenue Becomes Broadway With Midnight". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 15, 1913. p. 10 via ProQuest.
  2. Hayner, Don; McNamee, Tom (1988). Streetwise Chicago: A History of Chicago Street Names. Loyola University Press. p. 14. ISBN   0-8294-0596-8.
  3. Google. "Overview map of Broadway" (Map). Google Maps . Google.