For the Roosevelt Road in Taipei, see Roosevelt Road (Taipei).
This article is about the section of Illinois Route 38 in Chicago. For the entire route, see Illinois Route 38.
Roosevelt Road
1200 South Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Highway
Roosevelt Road looking East.
Former name(s)
12th Street
Part of
IL 38
Location
Chicago
East end
Lake Shore Drive (300 E) in Chicago
West end
Geneva-West Chicago city line (Kautz Road)
Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west street in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs. It is 1200 South in the city's street numbering system, but[a] only 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Madison Street. It runs under this name from Columbus Drive to the western city limits,[1] then continues through the western suburbs including Lombard, Wheaton and, West Chicago until it reaches Geneva, where it is known as State Street. 12th Street was renamed to Roosevelt Road on May 25, 1919, in recognition of President Theodore Roosevelt, who had died the previous January.[2][3] 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.[4]
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^Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee, Streetwise Chicago, "Roosevelt Drive/Roosevelt Road", p. 110, Loyola University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-8294-0597-6
^Broden, Scott (19 Feb 1995). "By The Numbers - Where Did Those Street Designations Come From?". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-15. 12th Street was changed on May 25, 1919, in recognition of Theodore Roosevelt, who had died the previous January.
^"Alderman vote Twelfth street Roosevelt road". Chicago Daily Tribune. 8 May 1919. p. 9. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Illinois State Highway Maps". Illinois Digital Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
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