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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chicago central business district street network | 3 |
Statements (51)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chicago central business district street network
this entity surface form:
Chicago central business district street network
this entity surface form:
Chicago central business district street network