Lake Shore Drive
Lake Shore Drive is a freeway-standard expressway in Chicago, Illinois. It runs along the shore of Lake Michigan. The highway passes Navy Pier all the through 875 North Michigan Avenue. The drive is a dangerous area during blizzards.[1] The drive was named Leif Ericson Drive (after Leif Ericson) until it was renamed in 1946.
Lake Shore Drive Media
The Outer Drive Bridge from Lake Michigan.
Lake Shore Drive circa 1920
The Historic Edgewater Beach Apartments mark the northern end of the Drive
Traffic near Harbor Point Tower
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2009 view from Lake Shore Drive of Chicago River, the south border (right) of the Near North Side and Streeterville and north border (left) of Chicago Loop, Lakeshore East and Illinois Center (with Trump International Hotel and Tower at jog in the river in the center)
Cars snowed in on Lake Shore Drive during the Groundhog Day Blizzard in 2011
Installed signage in line with the 2021 name change: DuSable Lake Shore Drive
Lake Shore Drive traffic in April 2022.
References
- ↑ "Chicago's Lake Shore Drive reopens after blizzard". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 3, 2011. http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/chicagos-lake-shore-drive-826378.html. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
Other websites
- Lake Shore Drive Redux Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine from ForgottenChicago.com
- The Campaign to Depave Lake Shore Drive
- Historic, Current & Average Travel Times For Lake Shore Drive Archived 2013-01-24 at Archive.today
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