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.

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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

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West Side, Chicago traversedBy Congress Parkway (historic alignment)
Pulaski hasEntranceOn Congress Parkway (historic alignment)
subject surface form: Pulaski (CTA Blue Line station)
this entity surface form: Congress Parkway (now Eisenhower Expressway vicinity)