Grand Avenue

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Grand Avenue is a major east–west thoroughfare in Chicago known for connecting key downtown and Near North Side destinations.

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Label Occurrences
Grand Avenue canonical 3

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf street
thoroughfare
direction east–west
hasCategory Streets in Chicago
Transportation in Chicago
hasIntersectionWith Ashland Avenue (Chicago) NERFINISHED
Halsted Street (Chicago) NERFINISHED
Michigan Avenue (Chicago) NERFINISHED
State Street (Chicago) NERFINISHED
Western Avenue (Chicago) NERFINISHED
hasLanes multiple traffic lanes in each direction in many segments
hasNameOrigin named "Grand" by surveyor James Thompson for its grand view of the lake
hasNearbyLandmark Chicago River NERFINISHED
Magnificent Mile NERFINISHED
Merchandise Mart NERFINISHED
Navy Pier NERFINISHED
hasNumberedAddressOrientation 0 North–South in parts of Chicago grid
hasPublicTransit Grand station (Blue Line) NERFINISHED
Grand station (Navy Pier stub of former streetcar/bus routes) NERFINISHED
Grand station (Red Line) NERFINISHED
knownFor connecting Near North Side destinations
connecting downtown Chicago destinations
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
United States of America
surface form: United States
maintainedBy Chicago Department of Transportation NERFINISHED
partOf Chicago street grid
passesThrough Near North Side, Chicago NERFINISHED
downtown Chicago
roadType urban arterial road
serves Magnificent Mile area NERFINISHED
Navy Pier area NERFINISHED
River North neighborhood NERFINISHED
West Town community area NERFINISHED
usedFor automobile traffic
bus routes
local commercial access

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Elmwood Park hasMajorRoad Grand Avenue
subject surface form: Elmwood Park, Illinois
West Loop borderedBy Grand Avenue