Chicago street network

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The Chicago street network is the extensive, mostly gridded system of roads and thoroughfares that structures transportation and urban layout throughout the city of Chicago.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf transportation infrastructure
urban street network
administeredBy Chicago Department of Transportation NERFINISHED
connectedTo regional highway network
suburban road networks
developedFrom 19th-century grid planning
hasBlockLength approximately 1⁄8 mile per standard block
hasCharacteristic alley network
arterial hierarchy
cardinal-direction orientation
expressway system
highway integration
mostly gridded layout
numbered street system
orthogonal grid pattern
radial routes from downtown
hasNumberingIncrement 800 address numbers per mile
hasOrientation east–west streets
north–south streets
hasZeroPoint intersection of State Street and Madison Street
includesExpressway Bishop Ford Freeway NERFINISHED
Dan Ryan Expressway NERFINISHED
Edens Expressway NERFINISHED
Eisenhower Expressway NERFINISHED
Kennedy Expressway NERFINISHED
Skyway NERFINISHED
Stevenson Expressway NERFINISHED
includesMajorStreet Ashland Avenue NERFINISHED
Cicero Avenue NERFINISHED
Halsted Street NERFINISHED
Lake Shore Drive NERFINISHED
Michigan Avenue NERFINISHED
Pulaski Road NERFINISHED
Western Avenue NERFINISHED
includesRoadType alleys
arterial streets
collector streets
expressways
local residential streets
tollways
influencedBy Public Land Survey System NERFINISHED
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
United States of America
surface form: United States
organizedAround Madison Street NERFINISHED
State Street NERFINISHED
supportsMode automobile traffic
bicycle travel
bus transit
pedestrian movement
usesAddressSystem Chicago grid address system

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Randolph Street isPartOf Chicago street network
this entity surface form: Chicago central business district street network
Columbus Drive partOf Chicago street network
this entity surface form: Chicago central business district street network
East Jackson Drive partOf Chicago street network
Wabash Avenue partOf Chicago street network
this entity surface form: Chicago central business district street network
Wacker Drive partOf Chicago street network
Western Avenue partOfNetwork Chicago street network