Lincoln Avenue (Chicago)
| Little Fort Road | |
 Lincoln was once an Indian trail and called Little Fort Road | |
| Part of |  US 41 |
|---|---|
| Length | 13 mi (21 km) |
| Location | Chicago |
| South end | Clark Street (1800 N/164 W)[1] in Chicago |
| North end |  IL 58 / Dempster Street (8800 N/6450 W)[2] in Morton Grove |
Lincoln Avenue is a street of the north side of city of Chicago. It runs from Clark Street (itself a diagonal) on the western border of Lincoln Park largely to the northwest, ending in Morton Grove, Illinois. It leaves the city limits of Chicago at Devon Avenue, through the village of Lincolnwood, curves through the village of Skokie and ends at Dempster Street in Morton Grove. In total distance it is about 13 miles (21 km) long, although it is not completely continuous. Between Foster Avenue and Skokie Boulevard U.S. Route 41 runs on Lincoln Avenue.
Most of Lincoln Avenue is zoned commercial, and is lined by shops, restaurants and other establishments. It is the site of the yearly Taste of Lincoln Avenue,[3] held between Fullerton Avenue and Wrightwood Avenue. It is also the site of the Maifest and German American Fest in Lincoln Square.
History
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Originally it was a Native American trail running along a slight ridge in the usually soggy ground of pre-settlement Chicago. Prior to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the street was known as Little Fort Road, and it led to the town of Little Fort, now known as Waukegan, Illinois. In Morton Grove it was known as Miller's Mill Road.
Major intersections
[edit]The entire route is in Cook County.
| Location | mi[4] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 0.0 | 0.0 | N Clark Street | Southern terminus | |
| 3.6 | 5.8 |  IL 19 (West Irving Park Road) | |||
| 5.3 | 8.5 |  US 41 south (West Foster Avenue) | Southern end of US 41 concurrency | ||
| 6.7 | 10.8 |  US 14 (West Peterson Avenue) | |||
| Skokie | 9.5 | 15.3 |   US 41 north (Skokie Boulevard) / IL 50 south (Cicero Avenue) | Northern end of US 41 concurrency | |
| Morton Grove | 12.6 | 20.3 | IL 58 (Dempster Street) | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Transportation
[edit]Lincoln Avenue hosts a few CTA bus routes and one Pace bus route.
11 Lincoln is a CTA bus route that primarily travels along Lincoln Avenue as well as Kedzie Avenue, running from Western station on the Brown Line to a bus turnaround adjacent to the North Shore Channel Trail at Howard Street/McCormick Boulevard. Two other CTA routes, 74 Fullerton and 37 Sedgwick, partly run along Lincoln Avenue in order to travel in the opposite direction after reaching their destination.[5]
210 Lincoln Avenue is a Pace bus route that also travels along Lincoln Avenue along with other roads, running from Lincolnwood Town Center to Glenbrook Hospital.[5]
Lincoln Avenue is serviced by several train stations: Paulina station, Addison station and Western station on the Brown Line as well as Morton Grove station on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line.[4][5]
Notable establishments
[edit]- Biograph Theater
- Davis Theater
- Three Penny Cinema
- Krause Music Store
- Old Town School of Folk Music
- Pueblito Viejo
References
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- ^ Lincoln Avenue at Chicago Neighborhood & City Guide
- ^ Lincoln Avenue at Google Maps
- ^ Taste of Lincoln Avenue Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Lincoln Avenue Overview (Chicago)".
- ^ a b c "RTA System Map" (PDF). Regional Transportation Authority. February 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
