Harlem Avenue

Street in Chicago, Illinois, US

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This article is about the section of Illinois Route 43 in Chicago. For the entire route, see Illinois Route 43.

Harlem Avenue7200 West

Part of|  Historic US 66 / IL 43 / IL 50
Location| Chicago
North end| Lehigh 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
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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

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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

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County| Location| mi[2]| km| Destinations| Notes

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Will| Peotone| 0.0| 0.0|  IL 50| Continuation beyond South Street
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 north / 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)| Northern terminus of IL 7
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

* Concurrency terminus

## Major transit connections

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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:

* Metra SouthWest Service \- Worth station
* Pace \- Pace Pulse 95th Street line (upcoming) [3]
* Pace - Pace Pulse Harlem line (upcoming) [4]
* Summit station (5 blocks west)
* Metra Heritage Corridor
* Amtrak Lincoln Service (Chicago-St. Louis)
* Metra BNSF Line \- Harlem Avenue station (Berwyn)
* Pace - Pace Pulse Cermak Road line (upcoming) [5]
* Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) - Blue Line \- Harlem station (south) (Forest Park)
* CTA - Green Line \- Harlem/Lake station and transfer hub (Forest Park & Oak Park)
* Metra - Union Pacific West Line \- Oak Park station (adjacent to CTA Green Line Harlem/Lake station)
* Metra - Milwaukee District West Line \- Mont Clare station (Montclare community area, Chicago, 2 blocks east)
* CTA - Blue Line - Harlem station (north) (Norwood Park community area, Chicago)
* Pace - Pace Pulse Touhy Avenue line (upcoming) [6]
* Pace - Pace Pulse Milwaukee Avenue line
* Glenview station
* Metra Milwaukee District North Line
* Amtrak Hiawatha service (Chicago-Milwaukee)
* Amtrak Borealis service (Chicago-Saint Paul via Milwaukee)
* Amtrak Empire Builder (Chicago-Seattle/Portland via Milwaukee and Saint Paul)

## See also

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* Chicago portal
* U.S. Roads portal

## References

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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

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| East of State
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* Magnificent Mile, Michigan Avenue (100 E)
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West of
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* Dearborn Street (36 W)
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* LaSalle Street (140 W)
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| North of Madison
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South of
Madison Street|

* Jackson Boulevard (300 S)
* Van Buren Street (400 S)
* Ida B. Wells Drive (Congress Parkway) (500 S)
* DeKoven Street (1120 S)
* Roosevelt Road (1200 S)
* Maxwell Street (1330 S)
* Cermak Road (22nd Street) (2200 S)
* Pershing Road (39th Street) (3900 S)
* Garfield Boulevard (55th Street) (5500 S)
* 95th Street (9500 S)

Non-grid|

* Archer Avenue
* Blue Island Avenue
* Broadway
* Elston Avenue
* Lake Shore Drive
* Lincoln Avenue
* Milwaukee Avenue
* North Clark Street
* Ogden Avenue
* Ridge Avenue
* Rush Street
* Sheridan Road
* Wacker Drive
* West Grand Avenue
* West Lake Street

Suburbs|

* 159th Street
* Army Trail Road
* Central Street
* Dempster Street
* Kingery Highway
* Lake Cook Road
* Longmeadow Parkway
* Munger Road
* Orchard Road
* Randall Road
* Stearns Road

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