Current Street
N Western Ave
2400W | from 1 to 7599
? - present
Once the western boundary of the city in 1853. It is the longest (24.5 miles) continous street within a city limits in the world.
Location
Predecessors
- Asbury Ave (retired)
- Robbins Rd (retired)
- Town Line Rd (retired)
- Wood Ave (retired)
Might appear within
- Rascher's Atlas of Lake View Twp. (1887)
- Sanborn 1894 v. A
- Sanborn 1894 v. 9
- Sanborn 1896 v. 10
- Sanborn 1896 v. 11
- Sanborn 1905 v. 17
- Official Atlas of Township of Lake View (1909)
- Sanborn 1913 v. 19
- Sanborn 1914 v. J
- Sanborn 1914 v. 5
- Sanborn 1916 v. 6
- Sanborn 1917 v. 7
- Sanborn 1921 v. 10
- Sanborn 1922 v. 11
- Sanborn 1924 v. K
- Sanborn 1937 v. 40
- Sanborn 1941 v. 44
Similarly named streets
- Western Ave (retired)
- S Western Sr
- Western Ave (retired)
- Western Ave (retired)
- N Western Ave OP
- S Western Blvd
- Western Ave (→ Ravenswood Ave)
- S Western Ave
Aligned Streets
- Blue Island Ave (→ Western Ave)
- Ridge Ave (retired)
- Western Ave (retired)
- N Western Ave OP
- S Western Ave
- S Western Blvd
- Whiskey Point Rd (→ Grand Ave)
- Wood Ave (retired)
Source Notes
- CHS "Chicago Streets" Document:
«Western Ave., 2400W 1 to 7579N 1 to 11859S. Once the western boundary of the city in 1853. It is the longest (24.5 miles) continous street within a city limits in the world. Asbury Ave., Robbins Rd., Town Line Rd., Blue Island Avenue Plank Rd., Wood Ave.»
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import | tew | imported from city data portal and CHS "Street Names" document