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Dan Ryan Expressway. The Dan Ryan Expressway is an expressway in Chicago that runs from the Jane Byrne Interchange with Interstate 290 (I-290) near Downtown Chicago through the South Side of the city. It is designated as both I-90 and I-94 south to 66th Street, a distance of 7.44 miles (11.97 km). South of 66th Street, the expressway meets the ...
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 (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 ...
South Side, Chicago. / 41.76556°N 87.62778°W / 41.76556; -87.62778. The South Side is one of the three major sections of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Geographically, it is the largest of the three sections of the city, with the other two being the North and West Sides. It radiates and lies south of the city's downtown ...
The Chicago race riot of 1919 was a violent racial conflict started by white Americans against black Americans that began on the South Side on July 27 and ended on August 3, 1919. [19] During the riot, 38 people died (23 black and 15 white).
Interstate 490 ( I-490 ), also known as the O'Hare West Bypass and Western O'Hare Beltway, is an electronic toll highway and a beltway that is currently under construction near Chicago, Illinois; it will run along the west side of O'Hare International Airport. [1] The tollway will connect I-294 (Tri-State Tollway) to a western access point to ...
Inauguration. 1946; 78 years ago. ( 1946) Lake Shore Drive (officially Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable Lake Shore Drive; [ 2][ 3] also known as DuSable Lake Shore Drive, [ 4] The Outer Drive, [ 5] The Drive, LSD or DLSD) is an expressway that runs alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan, and adjacent to parkland and beaches, in Chicago, Illinois.
Interstate 290 (Illinois) Interstate 290 ( I-290) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that runs westward from the Jane Byrne Interchange near the Chicago Loop. The portion of I-290 from I-294 to its east end is officially called the Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway. In short form, it is known as "the Ike" or the Eisenhower.
July 23, 2024 at 1:35 PM. CHICAGO - A new medical facility for older Chicagoans opened on the South Side. The Center for Better Aging, located at 63rd and Halsted in Englewood, will serve 160,000 ...