Lincoln Avenue (Chicago)

History

Originally it was a Native American trail running along a slight ridge in the usually soggy ground of pre-settlement Chicago. Prior to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the street was known as Little Fort Road, and it led to the town of Little Fort, now known as Waukegan, Illinois. In Morton Grove it was known as Miller's Mill Road.

Transportation

Lincoln Avenue hosts a few CTA bus routes and one Pace bus route.

11 Lincoln is a CTA bus route that primarily travels along Lincoln Avenue as well as Kedzie Avenue, running from Western station on the Brown Line to a bus turnaround adjacent to the North Shore Channel Trail at Howard Street/McCormick Boulevard. Two other CTA routes, 74 Fullerton and 37 Sedgwick, partly run along Lincoln Avenue in order to travel in the opposite direction after reaching their destination.

210 Lincoln Avenue is a Pace bus route that also travels along Lincoln Avenue along with other roads, running from Lincolnwood Town Center to Glenbrook Hospital.

Lincoln Avenue is serviced by several train stations on the Brown Line: Paulina station, Addison station and Western station. The street also serves Morton Grove station on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line.

History

Prior to late 2012, bus route 11, then called 11 Lincoln/Sedgwick, traveled well beyond today's southern terminus toward downtown and Clinton station via Lincoln Avenue and Sedgwick Street. The southern section of the bus route along Sedgwick Street was split into the current 37 Sedgwick. The rest of the section south of Western station was discontinued, because it largely paralleled the Brown Line and received low ridership. Residents around the discontinued alignment criticized the service cut as detrimental to businesses and commuters.

In November 2015, in response to neighborhood pressure, the CTA announced the re-extension of bus route 11 to Fullerton station. Bus operation along this portion of Lincoln Avenue was reinstated in June 2016 but as a 6-month pilot program. Six months later, in December 2016, the CTA extended the program for another six months. The pilot program concluded on September 1, 2017, with bus route 11 being truncated back to Western station.

Major intersections

Notable establishments

• Biograph Theater
• Davis Theater
• Three Penny Cinema
• Krause Music Store
• Old Town School of Folk Music
• Pueblito Viejo

References

References

1. Lincoln Avenue at [http://www.chicagoneighborhoods.cc/streets/lstreets.html#Lincoln Chicago Neighborhood & City Guide]
2. [https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=lincoln+ave+chicago&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&ei=4TeTSYCDKp6DtwfKkMHNCw&sa=X&oi=local_group&resnum=1&ct=image Lincoln Avenue] at [[Google Maps]]
3. [http://www.wrightwoodneighbors.org/Taste.htm Taste of Lincoln Avenue] {{webarchive. link. (2007-03-14)
4. (February 2024). "RTA System Map". Regional Transportation Authority.
5. (23 August 2012). "Neighbors Fight CTA's Plan To Cut Most Of Lincoln Avenue Bus Route". CBS Chicago.
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7. (7 October 2014). "Survey Shows Riders Want No. 11 Bus Back, CTA Stands Behind Cutting Route". DNAinfo Chicago.
8. (18 November 2015). "The No. 11 Bus On Lincoln Avenue Is Coming Back, CTA Announces". DNAinfo Chicago.
9. (20 June 2016). "CTA #11 bus returns to Lincoln Avenue". WGN-TV.
10. (14 December 2016). "No. 11 Bus Gets 6-Month Extension, But CTA Says More Marketing Is Needed". DNAinfo Chicago.
11. (14 December 2016). "CTA extends pilot bus service along Lincoln Avenue corridor". TimeOut.
12. (8 August 2017). "CTA to cut No. 11 Lincoln bus line's extended route". Chicago Tribune.
13. (31 August 2017). "Last Chance To Ride No. 11 Bus, Route Is Gone As Of Friday". DNAinfo Chicago.
14. (22 September 2017). "The Legacy of the Lincoln ’11’". Fourteen East.
15. "Lincoln Avenue Overview (Chicago)".