Everything about Lake Street Chicago totally explained
Lake Street is an east-west arterial road in Chicago and its suburbs. Part of Lake Street is designated as
U.S. Route 20. Lake Street begins in the city of
Chicago and travels west and slightly north to the Chicago suburbs. It ends at the eastern terminus of the
Elgin Bypass around
Elgin, where U.S. 20 once was routed west through downtown Elgin onto Villa Street. This is a distance of about . Lake Street parallels the Eisenhower until the interchange with
Interstate 355.
Continuing west, Lake Street becomes a six lane divided highway while passing through the western suburbs; at Roselle, it becomes a four-lane divided highway. At the current western terminus of the
Elgin-O'Hare Expressway, Lake Street becomes six lanes once again through Hanover Park. Just west of the Villa Olivia Country Club, Lake Street ends at the eastern terminus of the Elgin Bypass.
History
All of Lake Street was once marked as U.S. 20. In 1938, U.S. 20 was moved onto Mannheim Road and La Grange Road. The remaining segment of Lake Street became City U.S. 20. In 1960, it was renamed to Business U.S. 20. In 1968, all designations were dropped from Lake Street east of Mannheim Road.
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