Broadway (Chicago)

Broadway is a major street in Chicago's Lake View, Uptown, and Edgewater Chicago [community areas|community areas] on the city's North Side, running from Diversey Parkway to Devon [Avenue (Chicago)|Devon Avenue]. Originally called Evanston Avenue, the name of the street was changed to Broadway on August 15, 1913, as part of 467 road name changes enacted on that date. The new name was taken from New York City's famous theater district.
The street runs at a mostly southeast-to-northwest diagonal direction between Diversey Parkway and Lawrence Avenue (4800 North). Between Lawrence Avenue and Devon Avenue, Broadway runs in a north-to-south direction and becomes 1200 West in place of Racine Avenue. Broadway carries U.S. Route 14 from its terminus at Foster Avenue to the intersection of Ridge and Bryn Mawr Avenues. Broadway is the only street in the city of Chicago that does not have a suffix. It is not a Street, Avenue, Road, Boulevard nor Parkway; it is known simply as Broadway.

Transportation

Broadway is entirely served by the CTA bus route 36 Broadway, which travels from a bus turnaround north of Clark Street/Devon Avenue to LaSalle Street Station. Outside of Broadway, the route also travels along Devon Avenue, Clark Street, State Street, and Dearborn Street.
Between its northern terminus and Wilson station, Broadway parallels the North Side main line.