Foster Avenue (5200 N) is a major east-west street on the North Side of
Chicago
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as well as the northwestern suburbs. Foster Avenue separates the Chicago lakefront neighborhoods of
Edgewater to the north and
Uptown to the south.
Foster Avenue runs in Chicago from Lake Michigan on the east to East River Road (8800 W.) to the west and picks up again west of Des Plaines River Road to connect Chicago to O'Hare Airport. It carries
U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, ...
from
Lake Shore Drive
Lake Shore Drive (officially Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable Lake Shore Drive, and called DuSable Lake Shore Drive, The Outer Drive, The Drive, or LSD) is a multilevel expressway that runs alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan, and adjacent to ...
to
Lincoln Avenue.
It is named for early Chicago settler
John H. Foster
John Hopkins Foster (January 31, 1862 – September 5, 1917) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1905 to 1909.
Early life and career
Born in Evansville, Indiana, Foster attend ...
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Major neighborhoods
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Edgewater
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North Park
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Forest Glen
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Jefferson Park
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Norwood Park
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O'Hare
Transportation
The CTA provides bus service via the 92 Foster bus between
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
and
Milwaukee Avenue. The 50 Damen, 93 California/Dodge, 136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express, 146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express and 147 Outer Drive Express serve the road for short segments.
References
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Streets in Chicago
U.S. Route 41