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Chicago's streets were laid out in a grid that grew from the city's original townsite plan platted by James Thompson.Streets following the Public Land Survey System section lines later became arterial streets in outlying sections.
In Chicago's grid system, 1000 W south of the North Branch River is known as Morgan Street, which runs through the city limits. The length of North Sheffield Avenue is three miles. Major intersections
Ashland Avenue is a north-south street in Chicago, in whose grid system it is designated as 1600W. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) west of State Street, the city's north-south baseline. It is one of the major streets on the city's west side.
Within Chicago's grid street system, Western Avenue is 2400 West, three miles west of State Street (0 East/West). Western Avenue is the longest continuous road in Chicago. Western Avenue becomes Asbury Avenue at Howard Street at the Chicago/Evanston border and then runs out.
In Chicago's grid system, Halsted Street marks 800 West, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of State Street, from Grace Street (3800 N) in Lakeview south to the city limits at the Little Calumet River (13000 S) in West Pullman, a length of 168 north-south Chicago blocks.
Racine Avenue is a street in Chicago, in whose grid system it is 1200 W. It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of State Street, the baseline of the grid.Racine Avenue was previously designated as Center Avenue south of the North Branch Chicago River; [1] however, most of the south suburbs retained the old name.
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The earliest plat of Chicago, surveyed in 1830 in preparation for the Illinois and Michigan Canal, was located to the northeast of DeKoven Street and established Chicago's grid system. Chicago was incorporated as a town in 1833, and surveyors began extending its grid in 1834. DeKoven Street first appeared as a street at this time.