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Sheridan Road
Direction: North-South
From: Diversey Parkway Chicago (2800 North)
To: Illinois-Wisconsin state line Winthrop Harbor
Major cities: Chicago, Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Fort Sheridan, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, North Chicago, Waukegan and Zion

Sheridan Road is a major north-south thoroughfare that leads from Diversey Parkway[1] in Chicago, Illinois, north to the Illinois-Wisconsin border and beyond. Throughout most of its run, it is the easternmost north-south through street, closest to Lake Michigan. From Chicago, it passes through the cities of Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Fort Sheridan, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, North Chicago, Waukegan and Zion, until it reaches the Illinois-Wisconsin state line in Winthrop Harbor. In Wisconsin, the road leads north through Pleasant Prairie and Kenosha, until it ends near Racine. From North Chicago to the state line, Sheridan Road is signed as part of Illinois Route 137. Sheridan Road is known for its historic sites, lakefront parks, and gracious mansion homes in Evanston through Lake Bluff.

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[edit] Chicago Path

It runs at 400 west from 2800 north to 3181 north.
It runs at 3900 north from 600 west to 956 west.
It runs at 1000 west from 3900 north to 1400 west at 7734 north. It runs at 6400 north from 970 west to 1158 west.[2]

[edit] History

Sheridan Road was original approved by Congress (circa 1832) as a military road from Fort Dearborn in Chicago to Fort Howard in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[3]

The road was named for Philip Henry Sheridan, a general in the Civil War. [4] There is a statue of him at the corner of Belmont Avenue and Sheridan Road in Chicago.

[edit] Places of Interest

There are several landmarks and places of interest along Sheridan Road. In order from southernmost to northernmost:

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Google Maps
  2. ^ Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee, Streetwise Chicago, "Sheridan Road", pp. 117, Loyola University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-8294-0597-6
  3. ^ http://www.rpwrhs.org/rpwrhs/HistoryDetail.asp?id=10188&nexturl=History1840.asp
  4. ^ Gapers Block : Airbags : Cruisin' down Sheridan Road




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