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Harlem Avenue

{{Short description|Street in Chicago, Illinois, US}}

{{about|the section of Illinois Route 43 in Chicago|the entire route|Illinois Route 43}}

{{More citations needed|date=September 2010}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox street

|name = Harlem Avenue

|alternate_name = 7200 West

|part_of = {{jct|state=IL|US-Hist|66|IL|43|IL|50}}

|length_mi =

|location = Chicago

|direction_a = North

|terminus_a = Lehigh Avenue at Glenview Road in Glenview
{{coord|42.0727|-87.8055|type:landmark_region:US-IL|display=inline}}

|direction_b = South

|terminus_b = {{jct|state=IL|IL|50}} Intersection of East South Street and South Drecksler Road in Peotone
{{coord|41.3300|-87.7853|type:landmark_region:US-IL|display=inline}}

}}

File:Harlem Avenue street sign.JPG

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 {{convert|54.1|mi|km}}, it is the third-longest street in the United States, after Telegraph Road in southeastern Michigan and O Street in Nebraska.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} 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.https://www.pacebus.com/pulse

Communities served

From north to south:

Major intersections

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{{ILint

|county=Will

|cspan=3

|location=Peotone

|lspan=3

|mile=0.0

|mspan=2

|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|50}}

|type=concur

|notes=Continuation beyond South Street

}}

{{ILint

|mile=none

|road=Drecksler Road/South Street

|notes=Southern terminus

}}

{{ILint

|mile=0.9

|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|50|dir1=north|name1=Governors Highway}}

|type=concur

|notes=

}}

{{ILint

|county1=Will

|county2=Cook

|cspan=2

|location1=Frankfort Square

|location2=Matteson

|location3=Frankfort

|mile=12.4

|road={{Jct|state=IL|US|30|IL|43|Lincoln|dir2=north}}

|type=concur

|notes=Southern end of IL 43 overlap; southern terminus of IL 43

}}

{{ILint

|location=Tinley Park

|mile=15.5

|road={{Jct|state=IL|I|80|city1=Joliet|location2=Gary}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint

|county=Cook

|cspan=16

|location1=Tinley Park

|location2=Orland Park

|mile=19.0

|road={{Jct|state=IL|US|6|name1=159th Street}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint

|location=Palos Heights

|mile=24.1

|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|83|name1=College Drive}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint

|location=Worth

|mile=25.7

|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|7|dir1=south|name1=Southwest Highway}}

|notes=Northern terminus of IL 7

}}

{{ILint

|location1=Oak Lawn

|location2=Bridgeview

|mile=27.1

|road={{Jct|state=IL|US|12|US|20|name2=95th Street|to3=to|I-Toll|294|name3=Tri-State Tollway}}

|notes=Interchange

}}

{{ILint

|location1=Summit

|location2=Forest View

|mile=32.8

|road={{Jct|state=IL|I|55|name1=Stevenson Expressway}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint

|location1=Lyons

|location2=Riverside

|location3=Berwyn

|mile=34.5

|road={{Jct|state=IL|US|34|dir1=west|name1=Ogden Avenue}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint

|location1=Forest Park

|location2=Oak Park

|mile=37.9

|road={{Jct|state=IL|I|290|CKC|name2=Eisenhower Expressway}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint

|location1=Oak Park

|location2=River Forest

|location3=Elmwood Park

|location4=Chicago

|mile=40.4

|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|64|name1=West North Avenue}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint

|location1=Chicago

|location2=Norridge

|mile=43.4

|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|19|name1=West Irving Park Road}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint

|location=Chicago

|lspan=2

|mile=45.3

|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|72|dir1=west|name1=West Higgins Avenue}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint

|mile=45.4

|road={{Jct|state=IL|I|90|name1=Kennedy Expressway}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint

|location=Niles

|lspan=2

|mile=47.9

|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|21|dir1=north|name1=Milwaukee Avenue}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint

|mile=48.5

|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|43|dir1=north|name1=Oakton Street}}

|type=concur

|notes=Northern end of IL 43 overlap

}}

{{ILint

|location1=Morton Grove

|location2=Niles

|mile=49.5

|road={{Jct|state=IL|US|14|name1=Dempster Street}}

}}

{{ILint

|location1=Glenview

|location2=Morton Grove

|mile=50.5

|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|58|name1=Golf Road}}

}}

{{ILint

|location=Glenview

|mile=51.7

|road=Glenview Road

|notes=Northern terminus

}}

{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}

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

  • {{portal-inline|Chicago}}
  • {{portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Streets in Chicago}}

Category:Streets in Chicago