Touhy Avenue
| Patrick L. Touhy Memorial Avenue 7200 North | |
| Part of |  IL 72 |
|---|---|
| Location | Chicago, Lincolnwood, Skokie, Niles, Park Ridge, Des Plaines, Rosemont, Elk Grove Village |
| West end | Tonne Road, Elk Grove Village |
| East end | 1200 W (near Lake Michigan, Chicago) |
Touhy Avenue is a major street throughout northern Chicago, Illinois as well as the north and northwestern suburbs of the city. It is named for Patrick L. Touhy, a subdivider who was also the son-in-law of Phillip Rogers, an early settler who helped develop Rogers Park.[1][2] Points of interest along Touhy Avenue include Loyola Park, the Winston Towers,[3] the Lincolnwood Town Center, Lincolnwood Produce & Grocery, Loeber Motors, Hebrew Theological College, Village Crossing Shopping Center, Pointe Plaza, the Shure Headquarters Building, the Leaning Tower YMCA, the Pickwick Theatre, the northern end of O'Hare International Airport, and the crash site of American Airlines Flight 191.[4]
Major intersections
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The entire route is in Cook County.
| Location | mi[5][6] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Grove Village | 0.0 | 0.0 | Tonne Road | Western terminus; roadway continues as Elk Grove Boulevard | ||
| 1.1 | 1.8 |  IL 83 (Busse Road) | ||||
| 2.0 | 3.2 |  IL 72 west (Higgins Road) | Western end of IL 72 concurrency | |||
| Des Plaines | 4.4 | 7.1 |  IL 72 east (Lee Street) | Eastern end of IL 72 concurrency | ||
| Rosemont–Des Plaines line | 5.0 | 8.0 |   US 12 / US 45 (Mannheim Road) | |||
| Park Ridge | 5.8 | 9.3 |    I-294 Toll south (Tri-State Tollway) – Indiana | Southbound I-294 entrance; northbound I-294 exit only | ||
| Chicago–Niles line | 9.0 | 14.5 |  IL 43 (Harlem Avenue) | |||
| 9.9 | 15.9 |  US 14 (Caldwell Avenue) | ||||
| Skokie–Lincolnwood line | 11.9 | 19.2 |  I-94 (Edens Expressway) – Chicago, Milwaukee | |||
| Lincolnwood | 12.0 | 19.3 |  IL 50 (Cicero Avenue) | |||
| 12.5 | 20.1 |  US 41 (Lincoln Avenue) | ||||
| Chicago | 16.4 | 26.4 | Cul-de-sac near Lake Michigan | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ Haymer, Don; McNamee, Tom (1988). Streetwise Chicago. Chicago: Loyola University Press. p. 125. ISBN 0-8294-0596-8.
- ^ Chicago Streets, Chicago History Museum.
- ^ Winston Towers[usurped], Emporis.com
- ^ Aircraft Accident Report: American Airlines, Inc. DC-10-10, N110AA, Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, May 25, 1979 (PDF) (Report). National Transportation Safety Board. December 21, 1979. NTSB-AAR-79-17. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Touhy Avenue (Western Section)".
- ^ "Touhy Avenue Map (Eastern Section)".
42°0′42.6″N 87°45′16.8″W / 42.011833°N 87.754667°W
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