Harlem Avenue

Harlem Avenue
7200 West
Part of	IL 43 from the Frankfort Square–Matteson–Frankfort tripoint to Niles; Historic Route 66 from Joliet Road at the Lyons–Stickney to Ogden Avenue at the Lyons–Riverside–Berwyn tripoint;
Length	51.7 mi (83.2 km)
Location	Will and Cook counties, Illinois, United States
South end	IL 50 in Peotone
Major; junctions	IL 50 Peotone; US 30 at the Frankfort Square–Matteson–Frankfort tripoint; I-80 in Tinley Park; US 6 at the Tinley Park–Orland Park line; US 12 / US 20 at the Oak Lawn–Bridgeview line; I-55 at the Summit–Forest View line; US 34 at the Lyons–Riverside–Berwyn tripoint; ; I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) at the Forest Park–Oak Park line; I-90 in Norwood Park; US 14 at the Morton Grove–Niles line;
North end	Glenview Road in Glenview

Harlem Avenue is a major north–south street located in Chicago and its west, southwest, and northwest suburbs. It stretches from Glenview Road in Glenview to the intersection of East South Street and South Drecksler Road in Peotone, where it diverges into Illinois Route 50. At 54.1 miles (87.1 km), it is the third-longest street in the United States, after Telegraph Road in southeastern Michigan and O Street in Nebraska.^{[citation needed]} For most of its length, it carries Illinois Route 43.

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An express bus service from Pace Pulse is currently being planned for the portion of the street between 95th Street and North Avenue, serving primarily the southern and western suburbs.^[2]

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County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Will	Peotone	0.0	0.0	IL 50 south / Drecksler Road / South Street
Will	Peotone	0.9	1.4	IL 50 north (Governors Highway)	Northern end of IL 50 concurrency
Will–Cook county line	Frankfort Square–Matteson– Frankfort tripoint	12.4	20.0	US 30 / IL 43 begins / Lincoln Highway	Southern end of IL 43 overlap; southern terminus of IL 43
Will–Cook county line	Tinley Park	15.5	24.9	I-80 – Joliet, Gary
Cook	Tinley Park–Orland Park line	19.0	30.6	US 6 (159th Street)
	Palos Heights	24.1	38.8	IL 83 (College Drive)
	Worth	25.7	41.4	IL 7 south (Southwest Highway)	Northern terminus of IL 7
	Oak Lawn–Bridgeview line	27.1	43.6	US 12 / US 20 (95th Street) to I-294 Toll (Tri-State Tollway)	Interchange
	Summit–Forest View line	32.8	52.8	I-55 (Stevenson Expressway)
	Lyons–Riverside– Berwyn tripoint	34.5	55.5	US 34 west (Ogden Avenue)
	Forest Park–Oak Park line	37.9	61.0	I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) (Eisenhower Expressway)
	Oak Park–River Forest– Elmwood Park–Chicago quadripoint	40.4	65.0	IL 64 (West North Avenue)
	Chicago–Norridge line	43.4	69.8	IL 19 (West Irving Park Road)
	Chicago	45.3	72.9	IL 72 west (West Higgins Avenue)
	Chicago	45.4	73.1	I-90 (Kennedy Expressway)
	Niles	47.9	77.1	IL 21 north (Milwaukee Avenue)
	Niles	48.5	78.1	IL 43 north (Oakton Street)	Northern end of IL 43 overlap
	Morton Grove–Niles line	49.5	79.7	US 14 (Dempster Street)
	Glenview–Morton Grove line	50.5	81.3	IL 58 (Golf Road)
	Glenview	51.7	83.2	Glenview Road	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

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