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Lake Shore Drive
highway, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Also known as: LSD
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development by Palmer
- In Potter Palmer
…developing it into the beautiful Lake Shore Drive area.
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history of Chicago
- In Chicago: Transportation
…dates to the 1920s, when Lake Shore Drive was rebuilt as a divided highway. (Some claim it to be one of the country’s oldest expressways.) But the postwar rush to suburbia, automobile commuting, and the 1956 Interstate Highway Act brought about the construction of the modern network. The Congress Street…
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Route 66
- In Route 66: Background and construction
Route 41, better known as Lake Shore Drive. The western terminus in Los Angeles was originally at Broadway and 7th Street; later it was moved westward to U.S. Route 101 ALT (now Lincoln Boulevard at Olympic Boulevard) in Santa Monica, California. Among the other cities served by the route were,…
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