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This article is about the section of Illinois Route 43 in Chicago. For the entire route, see Illinois Route 43.
Harlem Avenue
7200 West
Part of Historic US 66 / IL 43 / IL 50
LocationChicago
North endLehigh Avenue at Glenview Road in Glenview
42°04′22″N 87°48′20″W / 42.0727°N 87.8055°W / 42.0727; -87.8055
South end IL 50 Intersection of East South Street and South Drecksler Road in Peotone
41°19′48″N 87°47′07″W / 41.3300°N 87.7853°W / 41.3300; -87.7853
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Harlem Avenue is a major north–south street located in Chicago and its west, southwest, and northwest suburbs. It stretches from Glenview Road in Glenview to the intersection of East South Street and South Drecksler Road in Peotone, where it diverges into Illinois Route 50. At 54.1 miles (87.1 km), it is the third-longest street in the United States, after Telegraph Road in southeastern Michigan and O Street in Nebraska.[citation needed] For most of its length, it carries Illinois Route 43.

An express bus service from Pace Pulse is currently being planned for the portion of the street between 95th Street and North Avenue, serving primarily the southern and western suburbs.[1]

Communities served

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From north to south:

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
WillPeotone0.00.0 IL 50Continuation beyond South Street
Drecksler Road/South StreetSouthern terminus
0.91.4
 IL 50 north (Governors Highway)
Will–Cook
county line		Frankfort Square–Matteson–
Frankfort tripoint		12.420.0
 US 30 / IL 43 north / Lincoln Highway		Southern end of IL 43 overlap; southern terminus of IL 43
Tinley Park15.524.9 I-80 – Joliet, Gary
CookTinley Park–Orland Park line19.030.6 US 6 (159th Street)
Palos Heights24.138.8 IL 83 (College Drive)
Worth25.741.4
 IL 7 south (Southwest Highway)		Northern terminus of IL 7
Oak Lawn–Bridgeview line27.143.6

 US 12 / US 20 (95th Street) to I-294 Toll (Tri-State Tollway)		Interchange
Summit–Forest View line32.852.8 I-55 (Stevenson Expressway)
Lyons–Riverside–
Berwyn tripoint		34.555.5
 US 34 west (Ogden Avenue)
Forest Park–Oak Park line37.961.0
 I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) (Eisenhower Expressway)
Oak Park–River Forest–
Elmwood Park–Chicago quadripoint		40.465.0 IL 64 (West North Avenue)
Chicago–Norridge line43.469.8 IL 19 (West Irving Park Road)
Chicago45.372.9
 IL 72 west (West Higgins Avenue)
45.473.1 I-90 (Kennedy Expressway)
Niles47.977.1
 IL 21 north (Milwaukee Avenue)
48.578.1
 IL 43 north (Oakton Street)		Northern end of IL 43 overlap
Morton Grove–Niles line49.579.7 US 14 (Dempster Street)
Glenview–Morton Grove line50.581.3 IL 58 (Golf Road)
Glenview51.783.2Glenview RoadNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Major transit connections

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As one of the most important thoroughfares in Chicagoland outside of Downtown Chicago, Harlem Avenue offers a number of transit connections to the Chicago Loop and points west. Two of Amtrak's secondary Chicagoland stations are also located along Harlem Avenue, serving the two most popular Midwest passenger services (Hiawatha between Chicago and Milwaukee and Lincoln between Chicago and St. Louis) as well as three long-distance routes. Listed from south to north:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.pacebus.com/pulse
  2. ^ "Harlem Avenue".
  3. ^ https://www.pacebus.com/pulse
  4. ^ https://www.pacebus.com/pulse
  5. ^ https://www.pacebus.com/pulse
  6. ^ https://www.pacebus.com/pulse
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