95th Street is a major east–west highway on

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's South Side and in the southwest suburbs, designated as 9500 South in Chicago's address system. 95th Street is south of Madison Street.

Route description

It begins at Wolf's Crossing Road in

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and Wheatland Township in

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used to end when reaching Eagle Brook Lane. It is now extended until its name changes to King's Road at Boughton Road in Bolingbrook. It continues east of the

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(

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) in Palos Township and runs through Spears Woods Forest Preserve. Just before exiting the forest preserve, it intersects La Grange Road (

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). US 12 and 20 turn onto 95th Street, making it a much bigger road. Route 45 continues south on La Grange Road. Continuing east, 95th Street crosses major interstate and state routes, including: Interstate 294 (

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(

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Cicero Avenue Cicero Avenue, also known as Skokie Boulevard in Skokie and Wilmette, is a major north-south street in Chicago and its suburbs in Cook and Will Counties. It carries Illinois Route 50 from its south end to Skokie, and U.S. Route 41 from Skok ...

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), Pulaski Road,

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, Halsted Street (

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). At State Street, 95th crosses Interstate 94 (the

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). It is just south of 95th that

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ends at I-94. Continuing east, 95th Street crosses Interstate 90 (

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), the

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, before ending at Ewing Avenue/Avenue L (

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) on Lake Michigan.

Communities and sites

95th Street passes through the southwest suburbs of

in Wheatland Township, Hickory Hills, Palos Hills and Bridgeview in Palos Township, and Oak Lawn and Evergreen Park in Worth Township. In the

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, it passes through the

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of Beverly, Washington Heights and Roseland, then marks the borders between Burnside and Pullman and between Calumet Heights and South Deering before crossing the

to enter the East Side neighborhood.

Chicago State University Chicago State University (CSU) is a predominantly black public university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1867 as the Cook County Normal School, it was an innovative teachers college. Eventually the Chicago Public Schools assumed control of t ...

is located on 95th Street between Cottage Grove and King Drive. In

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, there is one high school on 95th Street.

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is a public high school in

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Transportation

Taking into account its entire length, 95th Street is the longest east–west road on

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's South Side, and is served by a number of trains and buses (75th Street is longer as a whole, but has its majority in

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rather than Chicago and Cook County.) The 95th/Dan Ryan terminal of the Red Line is one of the busiest in the system. It is a transfer point for people living on the far south side or in the suburbs. The CTA 95 95th and Pace 381 buses run along 95th Street. Additionally, the 29 State, 34 South Michigan, 100 Jeffery Manor Express, 103 West 103rd, 106 East 103rd, 108 Halsted/95th, 111 111th/King Drive, 112 Vincennes/111th, 115 Pullman/115th, and 119 Michigan/119th buses, as well as the

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352 Halsted, 353 95th/Dan Ryan CTA/Calumet City/Homewood, 359 Robbins/South Kedzie Avenue, and 395 95th/Dan Ryan CTA/UPS Hodgkins buses, start and end at 95th/Dan Ryan station. A number of

Metra Metra is the commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs via the Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, and other railroads. The system operates 242 stations on 11 rail lines. ...

lines cross 95th Street, including: two stops on the

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line at 95th Street–Longwood and 95th Street - Beverly Hills, the

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Main and Blue Island Lines at 95th Street (Chicago State University), and the

SouthWest Service The Southwest Service (SWS) is a Metra commuter rail line, running southwest from Union Station in downtown Chicago, Illinois, to Manhattan, Illinois. Metra does not refer to its lines by color, but the timetable accents for the SouthWest Service ...

line at Oak Lawn. The South Shore Line (NICTD) also crosses 95th Street at the Metra Electric Station but does not stop there.

Movie history

The 95th Street bridge over the

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is the one used for the "Draw Bridge Jump" scene in

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at the beginning of the film.

Major intersections

References

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