State Street (Chicago)

State Street

0 East/West
View of State Street from Wit Roof Bar
Former name(s)	State Road
Location	Chicago
South end	New Monee Road (25900 S) in Crete
Major junctions	US 30 in Chicago Heights US 6 in South Holland IL 83 at South Holland/Dolton line US 12 / US 20 in Chicago I-90 Toll / Chicago Skyway in Chicago I-55 in Chicago
North end	North Ave (1600 N)

State Street is a large south-north street, also one of the main streets, in Chicago, Illinois, USA and its south suburbs. Its intersection with Madison Street (41°52′55″N 87°37′40″W / 41.8820°N 87.6278°W / 41.8820; -87.6278) has marked the base point for Chicago's address system since 1909.^[1] State begins in the north at North Avenue, the south end of Lincoln Park, runs south through the heart of the Chicago Loop, and ends at the southern city limits, intersecting 127th Street along the bank of the Little Calumet River. It resumes north of 137th Street in Riverdale and runs south intermittently through Chicago's south suburbs until terminating at New Monee Road in Crete, Illinois.

From north to south, State Street traverses the following community areas of Chicago: Near North Side to the Chicago River, Chicago Loop to Roosevelt Road, Near South Side to 26th Street, Douglas to 39th Street, Grand Boulevard to 51st Street, Washington Park to 63rd Street, Grand Crossing to 79th Street, Chatham to 91st Street, Roseland to 115th Street, and West Pullman to 127th Street,^[2] where it terminates across from Riverdale Bend Woods.^[3] The street runs parallel and adjacent to the Dan Ryan Expressway from 65th Street south to just beyond 95th Street, where State Street crosses the I-94 Bishop Ford Memorial Freeway to enter Roseland.