document updated 16 years ago, on Sep 2, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_and_highways_of_Chicago#Street_layout
http://www.dreamtown.com/maps/chicago-streetfinder-map.html
"800" = 1 mile
major streets occur every "800", every mile
major seconday streets occur at the "400" point, at the half-mile point
even-numbered addresses are on the north and west side of the street, odd on south and east
for numbered streets on south side, 95th street = 9500 S
Cumberland 8400 W 90 @5900N
Harlem 7200 W
Cicero 4800 W 94 @5200N 94 @6000N 94 @7200N
Pulaski 4000 W 90 @3900N
Kedzie 3200 W 90 @3200N
California 2800 W 90 @2900N
Western 2400 W
Damen 2000 W
Ashland 1600 W
Racine 1200 W
Halsted 800 W
State 1 E/1 W
Dempster 8800 N 94 @5500W
Howard 7600 N
Touhy 7200 N 94 @4900W
Devon 6400 N
Foster 5200 N 94 @4800W 90 @5700W
Lawrence 4800 N 90 @5100W
Montrose 4400 N
Irving Park 4000 N 90 @4000W 41 @600W
Addison 3600 N 90 @3600W
Belmont 3200 N 90 @3200W (Kimball[3400W] may be easier)
Diversey 2800 N 90 @2600W
Fullerton 2400 N 90 @2200W
Armitage 2000 N 90 @1700W
North 1600 N 90 @1500W
Division 1200 N 90 @1300W
Chicago 800 N 90 @1200W
Madison 1 N/1 S
======== Downtown ========
Canal Street 500 W
Wacker Drive 400 W
Franklin Street 300 W
Wells Street 200 W
LaSalle Street 150 W
Clark Street 100 W
Dearborn Street 36 W
State Street 1 E/1 W
Wabash Avenue 44 E
Michigan Avenue 100 E
Columbus Drive 300 E
McClurg Court 400 E
Chicago Avenue 800 N
Huron Street 700 N
Ohio Street 600 N
Illinois Street 500 N
Grand Avenue 450 N
Kinzie Street 400 N
Wacker Drive 300 N
Lake Street 200 N
Randolph Street 150 N
Washington Street 100 N
Madison Street 1 N/1 S
Monroe Street 100 S
Adams Street 200 S
Jackson Boulevard 300 S
Van Buren Street 400 S
Congress Parkway 500 S, leads to the Eisenhower Expressway (290)
Harrison Street 600 S
Polk Street 800 S
======== Interstate names ========
Tri-State 80 on south side, 294 on west side, turning into 94 at Lake/Cook
Kennedy 90/94 from O'Hare in to downtown
Edens 94/41 from Lake/Cook south to where it joins 90 (Kennedy)
Dan Ryan 90/94 south from downtown, ending at the fork with 57
Bishop Ford the portion of 94 that runs south from the fork with 57, down to the Tri State (80)
Eisenhower 290 west from the Circle, curving around the south and west sides of O'Hare, and up 53
Skyway 90 after it splits off from 94 and heads across Indiana border (
James Addams 90 from O'Hare out towards Rockford
Stevenson 55, running south-west from downtown (runs closest to Midway)