| 800 North | |
 | |
| Length | 12.2 mi (19.6 km)[1] |
|---|---|
| West end | 17th Avenue in Melrose Park |
| East end |  US 41 (Lake Shore Drive) in Chicago |
Chicago Avenue is a major east–west street in Chicago, Illinois that runs at 800 north from 385 east to 5968 west in the Chicago street address system from which point it enters the suburbs and goes into several different suburban address systems.[2] It originates at the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Route 41) in the Gold Coast neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and runs west to 17th Avenue, where it terminates a few feet north of Lake Street in Melrose Park, IL. This is a distance of approximately 12.2 miles (19.6 km).[1]
- ^ a b Google Maps estimate.
- ^ Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee, Streetwise Chicago, "Chicago Avenue", p. 22., Loyola University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-8294-0597-6