1st Avenue (Chicago)

North–south street in Chicago the section of Illinois Route 171 in Chicago the entire route Illinois Route 171 June 2019 May 2025 April 2025 1st Avenue (Cumberland Avenue) 8400 WestThatcher Avenue Pueblo Avenue IL IL 171 15.70 mi km 2 (southern segment)1.50 mi km 2 (northern segment)17.20 mi km 2 (total) South IL I 55 in Summit North Church Street in Niles Chicago 1st Avenue, also known as Cumberland Avenue and Thatcher Avenue for parts of its northern segment, is a north–south street in Chicago and its western suburbs. It marks 8400 West in the Chicago address system, being located ten and one-half miles west of State Street. Its southern segment begins at an interchange with Interstate 55 (Stevenson Expressway) in Summit. At this point, it is called 1st Avenue and carries Illinois Route 171. In Lyons village, the road intersects U.S. Route 34 (Ogden Avenue).https://www.google.com/maps/dir/1st+Ave,+Lyons+Township,+IL/N+Cumberland+Ave,+Niles,+IL/@41.8199088,-87.8783566,13z/data=!4m16!4m15!1m5!1m1!1s0x880e366d79d114ff:0x1d9a014f6c6c5926!2m2!1d-87.8335625!2d41.809182!1m5!1m1!1s0x880fc8380c431757:0x91d21aabddb10d6a!2m2!1d-87.8357813!2d42.0291987!2m1!1b1!3e0?hl=en-US Overview Map of 1st Ave January 12, 2021 In North Riverside, 1st Avenue intersects 22nd Street. In Maywood, it intersects Roosevelt Road. 1st Avenue then intersects Interstate 290 (Eisenhower Expressway) in Maywood. While still in Maywood, 1st Avenue intersects Madison Street, crossing from the south side of the metropolitan area to the north side. Other streets that 1st Avenue intersects in Maywood are Lake Street and Chicago Avenue. In Melrose Park, 1st Avenue intersects Illinois Route 64 (North Avenue). In River Grove, the road intersects Fullerton Avenue and Grand Avenue. Between these two streets, 1st Avenue ends and continues as Thatcher Avenue, which splits to the southeast and continues until Hawthorne Avenue in River Forest. While still in River Grove, Thatcher Avenue intersects Belmont Avenue. It is at this point where Thatcher Avenue ends and Cumberland Avenue begins (the designation it will carry for the remainder of its routing). Next, Cumberland Avenue enters the city of Chicago and intersects the west end of Addison Street. Then, it intersects Illinois Route 19 (Irving Park Road). The next road Cumberland Avenue intersects is Montrose Avenue (at which it enters the village of Norridge), followed by Lawrence Avenue, and then Foster Avenue, re-entering Chicago a block past. Next, the road has an interchange with Interstate 90 (Kennedy Expressway). At the northernmost portion of the interchange, Cumberland Avenue intersects Illinois Route 72 (Higgins Road). Illinois Route 171 ends at this point as well. Further north into Park Ridge, the road intersects Devon Avenue and Touhy Avenue. The southern segment of Cumberland Avenue turns northwest upon meeting the Union Pacific Northwest Line in Park Ridge, and ends at an intersection with Clifton Avenue and Cedar Street. Cumberland Avenue resumes at Oakton Street while still in Park Ridge. Continuing north into Niles, the road intersects U.S. Route 14 (Dempster Street). Cumberland Avenue continues north until ending at Church Street in Niles, near the Golf Mill Shopping Center. In the '20s, Chicago annexed the area of 84th Av and under the Brennan street name system (K-L-M-N-O-P) renamed it "Pueblo".What ever happened to Pueblo Avenue? wbez.org https://www.wbez.org/stories/what-ever-happened-to-pueblo-avenue/35ea308a-b923-42dc-b26a-fdd6c1ae765a January 12, 2021 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200922004722/https://www.wbez.org/stories/what-ever-happened-to-pueblo-avenue/35ea308a-b923-42dc-b26a-fdd6c1ae765a 2020-09-22 When Chicago replaced their street signs in the 1970s, they replaced the "Pueblo" signs with "Cumberland Av". Major Intersections Cook IL Summit 2 0.0 2 IL IL 171 south Willow Springs Joliet concur Continuation beyond I-55 none IL I 55 Stevenson Expressway Chicago St. Louis Southern terminus, I-55 exit 282 McCook 2 0.7 IL US-Hist 66 Interchange, northbound exit and southbound entrance 1.2 47th Street Interchange Lyons 1.9 IL US 34 Ogden Avenue Maywood 5.9 IL I 290 CKC Eisenhower Expressway Chicago I-290 exit 20 Melrose Park 8.4 IL IL 64 North Avenue Chicago 2 11.5 IL IL 19 Irving Park Road 13.7 IL I-Toll 90 to I 190 west Kennedy Expressway Chicago O'Hare Rockford I-90 exit 79 Chicago Park Ridge city 13.8 IL IL 72 Higgins Road IL 171 ends concur Northern end of IL 171 concurrency Park Ridge 15.7 Clifton Avenue Continues as Cedar Street Niles 3 15.7 Oakton Street 16.7 IL US 14 Dempster Street 17.2 Church Street Northern terminus concur See also Chicago U.S. Roads References 1