Turn by turn
Random point of interest
Sands Motel
Purportedly Elvis Presley was once a guess at this vintage motel.
DetailWestbound Chicago
Map courtesy of Stefan Joppich – Legend
Chicago
The start/end point in Chicago moved a few times.
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UNDRIVABLE: one-way traffic, needs to be driven eastbound or walked. Start from Jackson Blvd. and Michigan Ave. Take Jackson Blvd. westbound. UNDRIVABLE: wrong way. |
Start from Jackson Dr. and Lake Shore Dr.
Take Jackson Dr. westbound. UNDRIVABLE: one-way traffic, needs to be driven eastbound or the post 1955 alignment must be used. Continue straight at the intersection with Michigan Ave. UNDRIVABLE: wrong way. |
Only drivable alignment Start from Jackson Dr. and Lake Shore Dr. Take Jackson Dr. westbound. Turn right (north) onto Michigan Ave. Turn next left (west) onto Adams Street. Cross over the South Branch of the Chicago River. Cross over I-90 (Kennedy Expy.). After crossing Ashland Avenue, turn southwest (=left) onto Ogden Avenue. Continue on Ogden Ave. At the intersection with Jackson Bvld. |
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Cross over the South Branch of the Chicago River. Cross over I-90 (Kennedy Expy.). Turn southwest (=left) onto Ogden Avenue. |
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| Rejoin at the intersection of Ogden Ave. and Jackson Blvd., heading southwest on Ogden Ave. |
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Cross over I-290.
Continue on Ogden Ave. at the intersection with Western Ave. (the slightests left turn involved)
Cross under the railroad tracks.
Continue straight at the Intersections with Cermak Rd. (22nd St.). and Pulaski Rd.
Former Western Electric Hawthorne Works plant
Cicero
Cicero was in Al Capone’s days riddled with tunnels, used by gangsters and bootleggers. Cicero now is a clean place.
Continue on Ogden Ave. under the Railroad interchange.
Continue straight as you pass under Laramie Ave.
Continue straight as you pass under the railroad tracks at the intersection with Austin Blvd.
Continue on Ogden Ave. past the intersection with Lombard Ave. to enter Berwyn.
Berwyn
Continue on Ogden Ave.
Cermak Plaza Shopping Center (Most of the interesting bits were demolished in 2008)
Get ready to choose an alignment at Harlem Ave.
