Talk:Streets and highways of Chicago
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[edit] Highways
I am sorely tempted to rewrite this section to be broken out based on the named highway corridor instead of the Interstate numbering. The corridors were planned to fit Chicago; the Interstate numbering was overlaid on top of existing corridor planning after the fact and is therefore excessively confusing. I think the article would be clearer if we based the discussion on the named corridors instead. Kelly Martin 21:09, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
- As a roadgeek that usually calls roads by their number, I agree. Treatments of roads in cities should concentrate on the name, giving the number almost as an afterthought. --SPUI (talk) 21:58, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Another question about highways: who is it, exactly, that disputes that I-90 runs down the Skyway? Where else is I-90 supposed to go? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.209.203.41 (talk) 15:14, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The numbering system copied in Milwaukee?
Milwaukee has its own numbering system too like in chicago. see Milwaukee. Did they copy it out from the Chicago numbering system?
[edit] Blocks to a mile vs streets in a mile
Chicago has 8 streets per mile when going north-south, but 16 streets per mile when going east-west. How best to fit this information in with being confusing? Speciate 04:27, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
- It's eight blocks to the mile, regardless of whether you're going N-S or E-W. However, some blocks have minor (half-block) streets in the middle. In some parts of the city these run N-S, in others E-W, and in others it's a random assortment of the two; this is to ensure that these never become through streets. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.209.203.41 (talk) 15:08, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Also, if you look at a state map, it says that on the near south side it goes to 9 to a mile, then 10 to a mile before resuming 1/8 mile. 99.145.89.251 (talk) 06:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Street Names
On the South Side:
- Narragansett Avenue is Ridgeland Avenue
- 9600W is La Grange Road
- 8000W is Roberts Road (for a short distance)
- Since the author doesn't site a source I thought I should mention it. However, the article may pertain only to Chicago proper.
[edit] slavery mention
does anyone have a citation for the claim that no streets are named after slave states or capitals? an IP user questioned Richmond and Austin specifically.LurkingInChicago 21:55, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
-That was me, I live in Chicago and I've driven on all of these (sorry for the format, I didn't think it would just change the page). There is also a "Virginia". The only way this could be a fact is if Austin (West side), Richmond & Virginia (North side)and probably some others were named after the same people the states and capitals were named after. If this is the case, then I find the distinction pointless, and if the street has to be named after the state or capital instead of whatever the state or capital is named after, then I doubt there are any streets in Chicago named after states or capitals (ie. Ohio and Michigan are named after the lakes). This "fact" is either untrue or so narrowly defined as to be meaningless. It should be taken down.
- Well, I read an article in the Chicago Яeader years ago that said that the guys who named the streets were abolitionists. It is possible that streets outside the city limits at that time now have such names. Austin is not named after the capital of Texas. I'll leave it up until a non-anonymous editor takes it down. Speciate 21:35, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Happy now? Do you realize how different it is to say that at one time, a century ago, when it was much smaller Chicago may have had no streets named after slave states or their capitals (possibly according to an old article from a "newspaper" they give away at Panera) than to assert that under its current boundaries (the 6 people in my office, all of whom also live in Chicago, agree that these streets are within city limits, btw) Chicago has no such streets? I'm taking it down, it's simply not true.(Argentina Dan 20:58, 10 July 2007 (UTC))
- Fine, but you should be aware that the Chicago Яeader is a reputable source, which has broken many a story that the Trib and Sun-Times wouldn't touch, but one has to pay to look at their old articles online. Speciate 00:18, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Formatting street names and addresses within articles
When reporting Chicago street addresses on Chicago pages here on Wikipedia, please don't spell out North, South, East or West. Just type N., S., E. or W. We have a few streets, like North Avenue, East End Avenue, South Shore Drive, and South Chicago Avenue, that have direction words within their names, so they need to have their name spelled out for contrast. This is also useful to distinguish buildings with address-like names, such as 900 North Michigan and One North LaSalle, from actual addresses.
Most streets in the city have a stable position in the numbering system; for example, Fullerton Avenue is "2400 North". "Diagonals" are those streets which don't have such a position for all or some of their lengths. However, the addresses along a diagonal are given as being N., S., E. or W, not as NW or some such. Diagonals keep their cardinality for their entire lengths, with the exceptions of Ogden Avenue and Archer Avenue, which change from N to W and from S to W, repectively.
Please always report and spell out the words Avenue, Street, Boulevard, Drive, Road, Place, Court, Park, Parkway, Highway, etc. Give numbered streets as 13th or 53rd, etc, rather than Thirteenth or Fifty-third. There is no need for superscripting, however.
Finally, always describe a street from North to South and from West to East rather than radiating out from the Loop, unless you are describing its known growth history. Speciate 23:12, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Interesting Facts
...lists that Wacker is th eonly street with buildings on all four cardinal directions. But does not Sheridan Road have the same feature, albeit for short intervals?Gary Joseph (talk) 03:10, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
i cannot think of any case where sheridan road has east/west addresses within the city limits —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.57.35.187 (talk) 05:52, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
