# Roosevelt 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 only 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Madison Street. It runs under this name from Columbus Drive at the southern end of Grant Park to the western city limits, 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. 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), 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, The Home Depot, Staples, Whole Foods Market and Target. 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's two campuses and St. Ignatius College Preparatory School between Halsted Street and Damen Avenue. It also passes Douglass Park at California Avenue. Once past Mannheim Road it becomes Illinois Route 38.

## Transportation

Among the few Chicago Transit Authority bus routes, Roosevelt Road is primarily served by 12 Roosevelt, which runs from the Central Station development to a bus terminal at Central Avenue/Harrison Street in Columbus Park. This was an electric trolley bus line from May 1953 until January 1973.
In the suburbs, Roosevelt Road is also served by a few Pace bus routes. 301 Roosevelt Road is a Pace bus route that runs from Wheaton station on Metra's Union Pacific West Line (from the new DuPage County Courthouse further west under limited service) to Forest Park station on the Blue Line. Aside from the bus route's termini, the route deviates from Roosevelt Road to serve Oakbrook Center and the Hillside Park-n-Ride near Darmstadt Road/Wolf Road. 305 East Roosevelt Road is another Pace bus route that runs from Forest Park station to Cicero station, both of which are on the Blue Line; this route parallels the Blue Line. 308 Medical Center runs along Roosevelt Road to connect from Forest Park station to Hines VA Hospital and Loyola University Medical Center.
The Chicago 'L' Roosevelt station is a stop and transfer point on the Red, Green and Orange lines. The former Roosevelt Road station on the Metra Electric Line has been replaced with the Museum Campus/11th Street station.

## Major intersections

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Kane | Geneva | | | IL 38 west (East State Street) | Continuation beyond Kautz Road |
| Kane–DuPage county line | Geneva–West Chicago line | 0.0 | 0.0 | Kautz Road | Western terminus |
| DuPage | West Chicago | 1.1 | 1.8 | CR 15 north (Kress Road) | |
| DuPage | West Chicago | 1.6 | 2.6 | CR 21 south (Fabyan Parkway) | |
| DuPage | West Chicago | 3.9 | 6.3 | To IL 59 (Neltnor Boulevard) | Interchange |
| DuPage | Winfield–Wheaton line | 5.7 | 9.2 | CR 13 south (Winfield Road) | |
| DuPage | Wheaton | 6.6 | 10.6 | CR 43 north (County Farm Road) | |
| DuPage | Wheaton | 8.5 | 13.7 | CR 23 south (Naperville Road) | |
| DuPage | Glen Ellyn | 11.1 | 17.9 | To IL 53 | |
| DuPage | Glen Ellyn–Lombard line | 11.9 | 19.2 | I-355 Toll (Veterans Memorial Tollway) – Joliet, Northwest Suburbs | |
| DuPage | Lombard | 14.4 | 23.2 | CR 25 south (Meyers Road) | |
| DuPage | Oakbrook Terrace | 15.4 | 24.8 | CR 15 south (Summit Avenue) | |
| DuPage | Oakbrook Terrace–Elmhurst line | 16.1 | 25.9 | IL 83 (Kingery Highway) | Entering eastbound IL 38 via eastbound IL 56 |
| DuPage | Oakbrook Terrace–Elmhurst line | 16.4 | 26.4 | IL 56 (Butterfield Road) | Eastbound entrance not accessible for westbound IL 56 |
| DuPage | Oak Brook | 18.0 | 29.0 | I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) east (Eisenhower Expressway) – Chicago Loop | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit ramp closes during rush hour |
| Cook | Hillside | 18.2 | 29.3 | I-294 Toll south (Tri-State Tollway) – Indiana | Southbound I-294 entrance and northbound exit only; toll required |
| Cook | Hillside–Westchester line | 20.1 | 32.3 | US 12 / US 20 / US 45 (Mannheim Road) / IL 38 ends | Eastern terminus of IL 38; eastern end of IL 38 overlap |
| Cook | Maywood–Hines– Forest Park tripoint | 22.6 | 36.4 | IL 171 (1st Avenue) | |
| Cook | Forest Park–Berwyn– Oak Park tripoint | 24.1 | 38.8 | IL 43 (Harlem Avenue) | |
| Cook | Cicero–Chicago line | 27.2 | 43.8 | IL 50 (Cicero Avenue) | |
| Cook | Chicago | 30.2 | 48.6 | CR W96 (Western Avenue) | |
| Cook | Chicago | 31.2 | 50.2 | CR W48 south (Ashland Avenue) | |
| Cook | Chicago | 32.3 | 52.0 | I-90 / I-94 (Dan Ryan Expressway, Kennedy Expressway) / I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) west (Eisenhower Expressway) | |
| Cook | Chicago | 33.1 | 53.3 | South Clark Street | Interchange |
| Cook | Chicago | 33.6 | 54.1 | US 41 (South Lake Shore Drive) | Eastern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access ||||||