Harlem Avenue
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| 7200 West | |
| Location | Chicago |
| North end | Lehigh Avenue at Glenview Road in Glenview |
| South end | Intersection of East South Street and South Drecksler Road in Peotone |
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. There is a stop along the Metra's BNSF Line at Harlem Avenue and Windsor Avenue in Berwyn, Illinois. There is also a major transit center where Metra's UP West Line and the Chicago Transit Authority Green Line share a facility in Oak Park, Illinois. The northern terminus of Harlem Avenue is also nearby the Glenview station for both Metra's Milwuakee District/North Line and Amtrak intercity trains.
Communities served[]
From north to south:
- Glenview (suburb)
- Morton Grove (suburb)
- Niles (suburb)
- Park Ridge (suburb)
- Edison Park (Chicago neighborhood)
- Norwood Park (Chicago neighborhood)
- Harwood Heights (suburb)
- Norridge (suburb)
- Dunning (Chicago neighborhood)
- Montclare (Chicago neighborhood)
- Elmwood Park (suburb)
- Austin (Chicago neighborhood)
- River Forest (suburb)
- Oak Park (suburb)
- Forest Park (suburb)
- Berwyn (suburb)
- North Riverside (suburb)
- Riverside (suburb)
- Lyons (suburb)
- Stickney (suburb)
- Forest View (suburb)
- Garfield Ridge (Chicago neighborhood)
- Clearing (Chicago neighborhood)
- Summit (suburb)
- Bedford Park (suburb)
- Bridgeview (suburb)
- Burbank (suburb)
- Oak Lawn (suburb)
- Chicago Ridge (suburb)
- Worth (suburb)
- Palos Heights (suburb)
- Orland Park (suburb)
- Tinley Park (suburb)
- Matteson (suburb)
- Frankfort (suburb)
- Monee (suburb)
Major intersections[]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will | Peotone |  IL 50 | Continuation beyond South Street | ||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Drecksler Road/South Street | Southern terminus | ||
| 0.9 | 1.4 | IL 50 north (Governors Highway) | |||
| Will–Cook county line | Frankfort Square–Matteson– Frankfort tripoint | 12.4 | 20.0 |     US 30 / IL 43 begins / Lincoln Highway | Southern end of IL 43 overlap; southern terminus of IL 43 |
| Tinley Park | 15.5 | 24.9 |  I-80 – Joliet, Gary | ||
| Cook | Tinley Park–Orland Park line | 19.0 | 30.6 |  US 6 (159th Street) | |
| Palos Heights | 24.1 | 38.8 |  IL 83 (College Drive) | ||
| Worth | 25.7 | 41.4 |  IL 7 south (Southwest Highway) | ||
| Oak Lawn–Bridgeview line | 27.1 | 43.6 |      US 12 / US 20 (95th Street) to I-294 Toll (Tri-State Tollway) | Interchange | |
| Summit–Forest View line | 32.8 | 52.8 |  I-55 (Stevenson Expressway) | ||
| Lyons–Riverside– Berwyn tripoint | 34.5 | 55.5 |  US 34 west (Ogden Avenue) | ||
| Forest Park–Oak Park line | 37.9 | 61.0 |    I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) (Eisenhower Expressway) | ||
| Oak Park–River Forest– Elmwood Park–Chicago quadripoint | 40.4 | 65.0 |  IL 64 (West North Avenue) | ||
| Chicago–Norridge line | 43.4 | 69.8 |  IL 19 (West Irving Park Road) | ||
| Chicago | 45.3 | 72.9 |  IL 72 west (West Higgins Avenue) | ||
| 45.4 | 73.1 |  I-90 (Kennedy Expressway) | |||
| Niles | 47.9 | 77.1 |  IL 21 north (Milwaukee Avenue) | ||
| 48.5 | 78.1 | IL 43 north (Oakton Street) | Northern end of IL 43 overlap | ||
| Morton Grove–Niles line | 49.5 | 79.7 |  US 14 (Dempster Street) | ||
| Glenview–Morton Grove line | 50.5 | 81.3 |  IL 58 (Golf Road) | ||
| Glenview | 51.7 | 83.2 | Glenview Road | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also[]
Chicago portal
U.S. Roads portal
References[]
- Streets in Chicago