Foster Avenue

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Foster Avenue (5200 N) is a major east-west street on the North Side of Chicago as well as the northwestern suburbs. Foster Avenue serves as the boundary line for the Chicago community areas of Edgewater to the north and Uptown to the south.

Key Information

Dr. John H. Foster Memorial Avenue 5200 North
Foster Avenue signed as US 41
Part of	US 41
Location	Chicago, Harwood Heights, Norridge, Bensenville, Wood Dale
Coordinates	41°58′23″N 87°52′16″W / 41.9731°N 87.8710°W / 41.9731; -87.8710
West end	Independence Drive, Bartlett
East end	Simonds Drive about 600 West, Chicago
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Foster Avenue runs westward from Lake Michigan to East River Road (8800 W.) and picks up again west of Des Plaines River Road to connect Chicago to O'Hare Airport. It carries U.S. Route 41 from Lake Shore Drive to Lincoln Avenue.

It is named for early Chicago settler John H. Foster.^[1]

County	Location	mi[2][3][4]	km	Destinations	Notes
DuPage	Wood Dale	0.0	0.0	CR 28 (Wood Dale Road)	Western terminus
	Bensenville	1.0	1.6	IL 83 (Kingery Highway) to IL 390 Toll (Elgin-O'Hare Expressway)
		2.0	3.2	CR 8 (York Road)	Eastern terminus of western section
	Gap in route
Cook	Norridge	2.0	3.2	River Road	Western terminus of central section
		2.5	4.0	IL 171 (Cumberland Avenue)
	Chicago	4.5	7.2	IL 43 (Harlem Avenue)
		5.8	9.3	I-90 south (Kennedy Expressway) – Indiana	Eastern terminus of central section, I-90 exit 83A, no westbound access
		Overpass above I-90 closed November 6, 2024, to summer 2026[5]
		5.8	9.3	I-90 north (Kennedy Expressway) – Wisconsin	Western terminus of eastern section, I-90 exit 83A, no eastbound access
		7.0	11.3	IL 50 (Cicero Avenue)
		7.1	11.4	I-94 (Edens Expressway) – Wisconsin	I-94 exit 42, no eastbound access
		9.9	15.9	US 41 north (Lincoln Avenue)	Western end of US 41 concurrency
		11.5	18.5	US 14 north (Broadway)	Eastern terminus of US 14
		12.1	19.5	US 41 south (DuSable Lake Shore Drive)	Eastern terminus, interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access