Roosevelt Road
1200 South
Direction:	East-West
From:	Lake Shore Drive (300 E) in Chicago
To:	Kirk Road in Geneva, Illinois
Major cities:	Chicago

Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs. It is 1200 South in the city's street numbering system, but only one mile south of Madison Street. It runs under this name from Columbus Drive to the western city limits,^[1] then continues through the western suburbs until it reaches Geneva, where it is known as State Street. It is named after President Theodore Roosevelt.

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In Grant Park (for which it serves as the southern boundary west of Lake Shore Drive), it is named Roosevelt Drive.^[1] The road begins at Lake Shore Drive and heads west, forming the southern boundary of the Chicago Loop. The area between Clark Street (100 W) and Jefferson Street (600 W) is a fast-growing commercial district, mostly home to large chain stores, including Best Buy, The Home Depot, Staples, Whole Foods Market and Target. This area used to be and remains to a lesser extent, a major fabric retail area. The famous Maxwell Street Market can be found just south of Roosevelt at Canal Street (500 W). Continuing west, it passes the University of Illinois at Chicago's two campuses and St. Ignatius College Preparatory School between Halsted Street and Damen Avenue. It also passes Douglas Park at California Avenue. Once past the Tri-State Tollway it becomes Illinois Route 38. Between Austin Blvd and Harlem Ave, a major streetscape renovation project is underway by the Town of Cicero, Village of Oak Park, and City of Berwyn^[2]. Roosevelt Road is serviced by the #12 Roosevelt Road bus. The Chicago 'L' Roosevelt/State CTA station is a major stop and transfer point on the Red, Green and Orange lines. The former Roosevelt Road station on the Metra Electric Line has been replaced with the Museum Campus/11th Street station.

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v • d • e Streets in Chicago North-South East of State Street (0E/W) Columbus Drive (254E) · Magnificent Mile, Michigan Avenue (100E) · Prairie Avenue (300E) · Stony Island Avenue (1600E) West of State Street Central Avenue (5600 W) · Halsted Street (800W) · LaSalle Street (150W) · Mannheim Road (10400 W) · Pulaski Road (4000W) · Wells Street (200W) · Western Avenue (2400W) East-West North of Madison Street (0N/S) Belmont Avenue (3200N) · Chicago Avenue (800N) · Devon Avenue (6400N) · Diversey Parkway (2800N) · Division Street (1200N) · Foster Avenue (5200N) · Howard Street (7600 N) · Hubbard Street (430N) · Lake Street (200N) · North Avenue (1600N) · Oak Street (1000N) · Randolph Street (150N) · Touhy Avenue (7200N) South of Madison Street 95th Street (9500S) · Cermak Road (2200S) · DeKoven Street (1120S) · Maxwell Street (1330S) · Roosevelt Road (1200S) Non-grid Archer Avenue · Blue Island Avenue · Broadway · Clark Street · Grand Avenue · Lake Shore Drive · Lincoln Avenue · Milwaukee Avenue · Rush Street · Sheridan Road · Wacker Drive See also: Chicagoland expressways · Multilevel streets in Chicago · Six Corners · U.S. Route 66 in Illinois · Etymologies of place names in Chicago, Illinois

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