Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west street in the city of
Chicago
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Illinois
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, and its western suburbs. It is 1200 South in the city's
street numbering system, but only south of
Madison Street. It runs under this name from
Columbus Drive to the western city limits,
[Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee, ''Streetwise Chicago'', "Roosevelt Drive/Roosevelt Road", p. 110, Loyola University Press, 1988, ] then continues through the western suburbs including
Lombard,
Wheaton and,
West Chicago until it reaches
Geneva
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, where it is known as State Street. 12th Street was renamed to Roosevelt Road on May 25, 1919, in recognition of President
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
, who had died the previous January. In 1928 the new
U.S. Route 330 (US 330), a different alignment of
US 30, went down Roosevelt Road to Geneva, in 1942 it was redesignated as US 30 Alternate. In 1972, after the route had been discontinued, Roosevelt Road outside Chicago became
Illinois Route 38.
Route
In
Grant Park (for which it serves as the southern boundary west of
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 ...
), it is named Roosevelt Drive.
The road begins at Lake Shore Drive and heads west, forming the southern boundary of the
Chicago Loop. The area between Clark Street (100 W) and Jefferson Street (600 W) is a fast-growing commercial district, mostly home to large chain stores, including
Best Buy
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,
The Home Depot
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,
Staples,
Whole Foods Market
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and
Target
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Physical items
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. This area used to be and remains to a lesser extent, a major fabric retail area. The famous
Maxwell Street Market can be found just south of Roosevelt at Canal Street (500 W). Continuing west, it passes the
University of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the University of Illinois ...
's two campuses and
St. Ignatius College Preparatory School
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between
Halsted Street and Damen Avenue. It also passes
Douglass Park at California Avenue. Once past
Mannheim Road it becomes
Illinois Route 38.
Transit
Roosevelt Road is served by the 12 Roosevelt bus route. This was an
electric trolley bus line from May 1953 until January 1973.
[ Sebree, Mac; and Ward, Paul (1974). ''The Trolley Coach in North America'', pp. 56–58. Los Angeles: ]Interurbans
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. LCCN 74-20367. The
Chicago 'L'
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Roosevelt station is a stop and transfer point on the
Red,
Green
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and
Orange lines. The former Roosevelt Road station on the
Metra Electric Line
The Metra Electric District is an electrified commuter rail line owned and operated by Metra which connects Millennium Station (formerly Randolph Street Station), in downtown Chicago, with the city's southern suburbs. As of 2018, it is the fifth ...
has been replaced with the
Museum Campus/11th Street station.
Major intersections
See also
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Notes
References
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Streets in Chicago
U.S. Route 30