Congress Parkway (historic alignment)
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Congress Parkway (historic alignment) was a major east–west arterial roadway in Chicago that formed part of the city’s central expressway system before being reconfigured and renamed in modern times.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Congress Parkway (historic alignment) canonical | 1 |
| Congress Parkway (now Eisenhower Expressway vicinity) | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former street name
ⓘ
urban arterial road ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Congress Interchange ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Eisenhower Expressway
ⓘ
I-290 ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 290
|
| crosses | Chicago River (South Branch) via a bridge ⓘ |
| direction | east–west ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Ida B. Wells Drive ⓘ |
| function | carried downtown traffic between the Eisenhower Expressway and the Chicago Loop ⓘ |
| hasMedian | yes ⓘ |
| hasTrafficSignals | yes ⓘ |
| historicalRole | major component of mid‑20th‑century Chicago expressway planning ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| nameChangedTo | Ida B. Wells Drive ⓘ |
| nameChangeReason | to honor civil rights activist Ida B. Wells ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chicago expressway system
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago central expressway system
Chicago street grid ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Grant Park
ⓘ
Harold Washington Library Center ⓘ Printers Row ⓘ
surface form:
Printers Row neighborhood
|
| passesThrough | Chicago Loop ⓘ |
| roadSurface | paved ⓘ |
| roadType | arterial roadway ⓘ |
| servedAs | gateway route into downtown Chicago from the west ⓘ |
| status |
reconfigured
ⓘ
renamed ⓘ |
| terminusDirection |
east
ⓘ
west ⓘ |
| urbanContext | central business district of Chicago ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commuter traffic
ⓘ
local downtown access ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pulaski (CTA Blue Line station)
this entity surface form:
Congress Parkway (now Eisenhower Expressway vicinity)