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Grand Avenue is a major east-west arterial surface street in the city of Chicago and nearby DuPage County, although it deviates somewhat from Chicago's grid system, as it is diagonal west of Western Avenue. The street runs from the Kingery Highway (also known as U.S. Route 20 and Illinois Route 83) in Addison, east through the western suburbs, and then east-southeast into Chicago, through the Magnificent Mile shopping area, and continuing out to Navy Pier, where it ends. This is a distance of about 19 miles (31 km).[1]
[edit] History
Grand Avenue was originally known as Whiskey Point Road, a muddy Indian Trail leading to the west side of Chicago, near Western Avenue.[2] On the Near North Side it was called Indiana Street. Thomas Jefferson Vance Owen, Chicago's first town president, is believed to have named it in 1833 after naming Chicago "a grand place to live".[3]
[edit] Transit
Grand Avenue is serviced by many major CTA lines. The Blue Line crosses Grand at Halsted Street and Milwaukee Avenue; this stop is the first one north of The Loop. The Red Line also crosses Grand at State Street, close to the Magnificent Mile. In 2007, the CTA vowed to remodel the station, one of the busiest in the city. The #65 CTA bus runs along Grand Avenue, from Nordica Avenue (7000 W) to Navy Pier. The #33 CTA bus runs along Grand Avenue during the morning rush hour.
[edit] References
US 20 at 
IL 83 in Addison
