Dempster Street is a major east-west street in the northern suburbs of
Chicago
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. It is assigned 8800 North in the Chicago address system, being located north of
Madison Street.
The road begins at
Illinois Route 62 (Algonquin Road) in
Mount Prospect. From there, it goes east and enters
Des Plaines, where it intersects
Illinois Route 83 (Elmhurst Road). At Mount Prospect Road in Des Plaines, Dempster Street becomes Thacker Street until the eastern end of its western segment at Des Plaines River Road in Des Plaines. Just west of its east end, Thacker Street intersects U.S. Routes
12 and
45.
Dempster Street resumes at Rand Road and
Interstate 294 (
Tri-State Tollway) in Des Plaines and Park Ridge. At this point,
U.S. Route 14 joins the road. Dempster Street, as well as U.S. Route 14, continues west as Miner Street. In
Niles and Park Ridge, the road intersects
Cumberland Avenue
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and
Illinois Route 21 (
Milwaukee Avenue). In
Morton Grove,
Harlem Avenue intersects U.S. Route 14. At Waukegan Road in Morton Grove, U.S. Route 14 goes south, following
Illinois Route 43. U.S. Route 14 splits just south of here and becomes Caldwell Avenue. It is also at this point that Dempster Street picks up
Illinois Route 58. Illinois Route 58 continues north on Waukegan Road. Further east into
Skokie, Dempster Street intersects
Interstate 94
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(
Edens Expressway) as well as
U.S. Route 41 (
Skokie Boulevard). Illinois Route 58 ends at U.S. Route 41. While still in Skokie, the road intersects
Crawford Avenue
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. The road then enters
Evanston and intersects
Ridge Avenue. Dempster Street finally ends at a
cul-de-sac
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at the shores of
Lake Michigan
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in Evanston.
Major intersections
References
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Streets in Chicago
U.S. Route 14