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{{Short description|Expressway in Chicago, Illinois}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox street
| name        = Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable Lake Shore Drive
| alternate_name = 
| image       = Typical_Summer_Afternoon_on_Lake_Shore_Drive.jpg
| image_map   = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=260|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Lake Shore Drive}}}}
| caption     = View of Lake Shore Drive taken from the Rubloff building, near the [[Lake Michigan]] shoreline
| map_caption = Original portion of Lake Shore Drive in red <br /> 2013 extension in dark green
| part_of     = {{jct|state=IL|US|41|Tour|LMCT}} for most of its length
| length_mi   = 15.83
| length_ref  = <ref name=t2>{{cite web |author=Staff |publisher=Illinois Technology Transfer Center |url=http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html |title=T2 GIS Data |access-date=2007-11-08 |year=2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810103329/http://dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html |archive-date=2007-08-10}}</ref>
| length_notes = <small>(Original 1937 section only; not including the 2013 extension)</small>
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a  = Marquette Drive and Jeffery Drive (6600 South)
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b  = Hollywood Avenue (5700 North)
| completion_date = 1937
| inauguration_date = {{start date and age|1946}}
}}
'''Lake Shore Drive''' (officially '''Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable Lake Shore Drive''';<ref>{{cite news |title=Lake Shore Drive Renamed to Honor DuSable |url= https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/6/25/22550370/jean-baptiste-point-dusable-lake-shore-drive-chicago-city-council-vote-compromise |access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LAKE SHORE DRIVE/DUSABLE DRIVE |url=https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22681505/LakeShoreDrive_DuSableDrive_pg1_8x10_052721.pdf |access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref> also known as '''DuSable Lake Shore Drive''',<ref>{{Cite news |title=Dozens of Signs Installed Proclaiming Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable Lake Shore Drive |language=en |url=https://news.wttw.com/2021/10/21/dozens-signs-installed-proclaiming-jean-baptiste-pointe-dusable-lake-shore-drive |access-date=2021-11-18}}</ref> '''the Outer Drive''',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/illinois/articles/a-brief-history-of-chicagos-lake-shore-drive/ |title=A Brief History Of Chicago's Lake Shore Drive |date=April 3, 2016 |access-date=July 1, 2021}}</ref> '''the Drive''', '''LSD''' or '''DLSD''') is a semi-limited access [[Limited-access highway|expressway]] that runs alongside the shoreline of [[Lake Michigan]] and its adjacent parkland and beaches in [[Chicago]], Illinois. Except for the portion north of [[Foster Avenue (Chicago)|Foster Avenue]] (5200 North), the Drive is designated part of [[U.S. Route 41 in Illinois|U.S. Highway 41]]. A portion of the highway on the [[Outer Drive Bridge]] and its bridge approaches [[Multilevel streets in Chicago|is multilevel]].

On June 25, 2021, the Chicago City Council approved a compromise ordinance renaming the outer portion of Lake Shore Drive for the city's first non-indigenous settler, [[Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/city-council-to-reconvene-friday-after-heated-exchange-between-mayor-lightfoot-alderwoman/|title=Lake Shore Drive officially renamed Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive after City Council vote|date=25 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="reader">{{cite news |last1=Greenfield |first1=John |date=June 28, 2021 |title=DuSable Drive opponents said the issue wasn't about race. The numbers speak for themselves. |url=https://chicagoreader.com/columns-opinion/dusable-drive-opponents-said-the-issue-wasnt-about-race |access-date=June 29, 2021 |work=[[Chicago Reader]]}}</ref>

The [[Lakefront Trail]], an {{convert|18|mi|km|adj=on}} multi-use trail, parallels Lake Shore Drive on the east side for most of its length.  Pedestrians can access the lake at numerous points all along Lake Shore Drive through underpasses and overpasses that connect the lake with the city's lakefront neighborhoods.  For much of its length north and south, it has a landscaped median separating directional traffic.  It prominently runs street level through eastern [[Grant Park (Chicago)|Grant Park]] and then around the [[Museum Campus]], past [[McCormick Place]] convention center, where it provides the terminal interchange of [[Interstate 55]].  It runs north through most of [[Lincoln Park]] and south through [[Burnham Park (Chicago)|Burnham Park]] and [[Jackson Park (Chicago)|Jackson Park]].

==Route description==
[[File:20070909 Chicago Half Marathon.JPG|thumb|The [[Chicago Half Marathon]] is an annual [[Chicago Marathon]] tune up that takes place along Lake Shore Drive on the [[South side (Chicago)|South Side]]]]

The southern portion of Lake Shore Drive begins at the intersection of Ewing Avenue (US&nbsp;41), Harbor Avenue, and Mackinaw Avenue. Lake Shore Drive runs through the former [[South Works]] steel plant as a four-lane divided highway, effectively bypassing the built-up area in [[South Chicago]]. Lake Shore Drive ends at the intersection of 79th Street and South Shore Drive; US&nbsp;41 continues north through [[South Shore, Chicago|South Shore]] via South Shore Drive.<ref name="gmaps1">{{google maps |title=Overview map of Lake Shore Drive (South Works) |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/9165+S+Harbor+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+60617/41.7520282,-87.5478506/@41.7417777,-87.5587951,14z |access-date=August 7, 2023 }}</ref>

The main section of Lake Shore Drive begins at the intersection of Jeffery Drive and Marquette Drive. After 57th Street, Lake Shore Drive becomes an expressway. Exits to Hyde Park Boulevard and 53rd Street are only accessible for southbound traffic. The interchange design at 47th Street is unusual as traffic would exit or enter on the left side of northbound Lake Shore Drive instead of on the right side. South of [[McCormick Place]], Lake Shore Drive meets I-55 at a Y-interchange, where I-55 begins/ends. There was once an [[inverted SPUI]] north of I-55; however, the overpass became pedestrianized and became part of McCormick Place in the mid-1990s, leading to the closure of this interchange. That same year, northbound traffic on Lake Shore Drive shifted west onto its current configuration west of [[Soldier Field]] and [[Museum Campus]].<ref>{{Illinois road map|year=1996}}</ref><ref>{{Illinois road map|year=1997}}</ref><ref name="gmaps2"/>

The [[Controlled-access highway|controlled-access]] portion ceases between Waldron Drive and Monroe Drive and again at Chicago Avenue. Lake Shore Drive briefly becomes double-decked between Randolph Street and Grand Avenue. The upper deck facilitates expressway-like traffic, while the lower deck facilitates local traffic. After intersecting with Chicago Avenue, Lake Shore Drive travels in a sharp [[reverse curve]] at [[Oak Street Beach]] before returning to controlled-access once again. In [[Uptown, Chicago|Uptown]], three diamond interchanges are spaced {{convert|1/4|mi|km}} apart. US&nbsp;41 leaves Lake Shore Drive at an interchange with Foster Avenue. The expressway continues north, serving Bryn Mawr Avenue, before ending at Hollywood Avenue/Sheridan Road in the [[Edgewater, Chicago|Edgewater]] neighborhood.<ref name="gmaps2">{{google maps |title=Overview map of Lake Shore Drive |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/41.7754014,-87.5751013/41.9855358,-87.6552553/@41.8930972,-87.7589795,32517m |access-date=August 7, 2023 }}</ref>

===Outer Drive and Inner Drive===
'''Outer Drive''', signed as DuSable Lake Shore Drive, is a limited-access road that runs north from Marquette Drive in [[Jackson Park (Chicago)|Jackson Park]] to Hollywood Avenue in the [[Edgewater, Chicago|Edgewater]] neighborhood. The outer drive limits the ability of pedestrians to access the lake directly from the street grid. Trucks are prohibited on Outer Drive except for a section between I-55 and 31st Street.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Ban Pickups from Lake Shore Drive? Where Can They Park in Chicago? |url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/why-ban-pickups-from-lake-shore-drive-where-can-they-park-in-chicago/662ad3f9-a5c4-4463-ab58-8d8b6c6b96c0 |access-date=27 May 2023 |work=WBEZ Chicago |date=1 January 2013 |language=en}}</ref>

The original '''Inner Drive''', signed as Lake Shore Drive, is used for slower local traffic and is connected to the street grid. The local drive runs from downtown in [[Streeterville]] to LaSalle Drive, (becoming Cannon Drive).  Then the inner drive reappears just south of Diversey Parkway, continuing north to Irving Park Road. The portion from Belmont to just south of Irving Park was previously named Sheridan Road (which can still be seen carved in stone in at least one vintage high-rise).

===Link Bridge===
[[File:Lake Shore Drive crossing the Chicago River.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Outer Drive Bridge]] from [[Lake Michigan]].]]
{{Main|Outer Drive Bridge}}
The '''Outer Drive Bridge''', also known as the '''Link Bridge''', is the official name of the bridge carrying the Lake Shore Drive portion of [[U.S. Route 41 in Illinois|US&nbsp;41]] over the main branch of the [[Chicago River]]. It is designed as a [[bascule bridge]], and is one of only two in the city to have an upper and lower deck, both dedicated to automobile traffic (the other being on [[Michigan Avenue (Chicago)|Michigan Avenue]]).  The [[Wells Street Bridge (Chicago)|Wells Street Bridge]] and Lake Street Bridge also have two levels, but the upper level is for elevated train traffic into the [[Chicago Loop|Loop]].

The Link Bridge was constructed in 1937. At the time of its construction, it was considered to be both the widest and longest [[bascule bridge]] in the world.<ref name="haer">{{cite web |url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.il0619 |title=Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Outer Drive |author=Historical American Engineering Record |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |year=1988 |access-date=2008-10-26}}</ref>

==History==
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===Early history===
[[File:Lake Shore Drive, Chicago (FRONT).tiff|thumb|right|200px|Lake Shore Drive circa 1920]]
Lake Shore Drive's origins date back to [[Potter Palmer]], who coerced the city to build the street adjacent to his lakefront property to enhance its value. Palmer built his "[[Palmer Mansion|castle]]" at 1350 N. Lake Shore Drive in 1882.  The drive was originally intended for leisurely strolls for the wealthy in their carriages, but as the auto age dawned it took on a different role completely.

In 1927, the roadway's southern portion from the [[Chicago River]] to 57th Street was signed as '''Leif Ericson Drive''' after [[Leif Ericson|the Norse explorer]].<ref name="Leif Ericson">{{cite news |title=Chicago Tribune: Chicago news, sports, weather, entertainment |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-04-21-9102050595-story.html |access-date=June 29, 2021 |work=chicagotribune.com}}</ref> It was also known as '''Field Boulevard'''.

The road was extended from Belmont Avenue (3200n) north to Foster Avenue (5200n) in 1933. Landfill was used for this extension, mostly made of dirt.

In 1937, the double-decker [[Outer Drive Bridge|Link Bridge (officially the Outer Drive Bridge)]] over the [[Chicago River]] opened, along with [[viaduct]]s over [[rail yard]]s and other industrial areas connecting to both ends of it. The lower level was intended for a railroad connection. At the time the bridge was built, it was the longest and widest [[bascule bridge]] in the world.  The Lake Shore Drive (Outer Drive) and Link Bridge Photograph Album, c1937, documents the bridge's construction.  The album is held by the [[Ryerson & Burnham|Ryerson & Burnham Libraries]] at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. North of the river, LSD intersected [[Ohio Street (Chicago)|Ohio Street]] at grade, and then passed over [[Grand Avenue (Chicago)|Grand Avenue]] and Illinois Street on its way to the bridge South of the river. LSD came from the south on its current alignment, but continued straight at the curve north of Monroe Street, rising onto a viaduct. It intersected [[Randolph Street (Chicago)|Randolph Street]] at grade and then continued north above the [[Illinois Central Railroad]]'s yard. At the river, it made a sharp turn to the right, and another sharp turn to the left onto the bridge.

Leif Ericson Drive was resigned as Lake Shore Drive in 1946.

[[File:Edgewater Beach, Chicago.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Historic [[Edgewater Beach Hotel|Edgewater Beach Apartments]] mark the northern end of the Drive]]
In the 1950s, the road was extended&nbsp;— first briefly to Bryn Mawr (5600n) and then in 1957 to Hollywood Avenue (5700n). The road included rubble and debris from the destruction of homes razed for the construction of the Congress Expressway (now the [[Eisenhower Expressway]]).

Prior to the extension to Hollywood, traffic was funneled onto Foster, then north onto Sheridan Road, which still remains a wide 4-lane street to this day, though most traffic doesn't rejoin Sheridan until LSD ends at Hollywood Avenue now.  Sheridan Road south of Foster narrows to 2 lanes of traffic with street parking on each side as well.
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===Later history===
At the junction with Michigan Avenue, an interchange was built from 1964 to Summer 1965 to replace the at-grade intersection.<ref>{{cite web | title=November 17, 1964 -- Lake Shore Drive Promenade Ordered | url=http://www.connectingthewindycity.com/2018/11/november-17-1964-lake-shore-drive.html?m=1 }}</ref>

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|state=IL
|type=I 1961
|route=494
|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]
|formed=1950s
|deleted=1966
}}
In the 1950s and 1960s, Illinois and Cook County presented plans for an [[Crosstown Expressway (Chicago)|Interstate 494]] to run along part of LSD.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nwindianahwys.homestead.com/ILLI.html |title=ILLI |access-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040806123445/http://nwindianahwys.homestead.com/ILLI.html |archive-date=August 6, 2004}}</ref> I-494 was initially planned to run from the Chicago Skyway at Stony Island Avenue to the Kennedy Expressway at the Ohio Street feeder ramp. The freeway would travel along Stony Island Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, and Ohio Street, bisecting Jackson Park in the process. Later, it was planned to connect south towards the currently-named Bishop Ford Freeway. The extension of a proposed freeway would have continued south along Stony Island Avenue, including the present-day feeder ramp, connecting to present-day Bishop Ford Freeway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nwindianahwys.homestead.com/CHI58.html |title=CHI58 |access-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040414030512/http://nwindianahwys.homestead.com/CHI58.html |archive-date=April 14, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nwindianahwys.homestead.com/1962chi.html |title=1962chi |access-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020816185514/http://nwindianahwys.homestead.com/1962chi.html |archive-date=August 16, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |publisher=Rand McNally and Co. |title=Road Atlas United States Canada Mexico |year=1964 |page=34}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg377a/cont.html |title=ILLI |access-date=6 May 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503005513/http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg377a/cont.html |archive-date=May 3, 2007}}</ref> An I-494 proposal was also considered around the same time for the [[Crosstown Expressway (Chicago)|Crosstown Expressway]]. In 1966, the I-494 designation was relocated to the Crosstown Expressway. At the same time, further extensions and upgrades on the freeway were canceled.<ref>{{AASHTO minutes|year=1966S|access-date=October 15, 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Lake Shore Drive.jpg|220px|thumb|right|Traffic near [[Harbor Point (skyscraper)|Harbor Point Tower]]]]
[[File:EVENING TRAFFIC ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE - NARA - 547051.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Cars on LSD in 1973]]
When [[Wacker Drive]] was extended east to LSD in the early 1970s, its upper level ended at LSD at the west curve (the lower level dead-ended underneath). A new [[development (land)|development]] at the northeast corner of the Randolph Street intersection resulted in an extension of Randolph across LSD.

A reversible lane was added to part of the road in 1976.<ref name="Leif Ericson"/>

Construction began in 1982 on a realignment of LSD south of the river (along with a reconstruction north of the river). A whole new alignment was built, greatly smoothing the S-curve. The northbound side opened in October 1985, and the southbound side opened in November 1986.<ref name="forgottenchicago">{{cite web |url=https://forgottenchicago.com/articles/lake-shore-drive-redux/ |title=Lake Shore Drive Redux |work=Forgotten Chicago |last=Chrucky |first=Serhii |date=2008-11-22 |access-date=2018-05-23 |archive-date=May 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524081152/https://forgottenchicago.com/articles/lake-shore-drive-redux/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> A new lower level was built, using the lower level of the bridge, and providing access to the new Wacker Drive and the roads on the north side of the river. The old road south of Randolph later became the [[Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Garden]]: the east&ndash;west part was reconstructed as part of [[Wacker Drive]] (which was being rebuilt at the time). The rest, between Randolph and Wacker, was kept for several years as Field Boulevard but was demolished in 1994. Only some old street lighting, sidewalks & fire hydrants remain, marking the former route. Current plans are for new upper-level streets in the area as part of the [[Lakeshore East]] development.

[[File:20090524 Buildings along Chicago River line the south border of the Near North Side and Streeterville and the north border of Chicago Loop, Lakeshore East and Illinois Center.jpg|alt=buildings along the sides of a river in a panorama view|right|300px|thumb|2009 view from Lake Shore Drive of [[Chicago River]], the south border (right) of the [[Near North Side, Chicago|Near North Side]] and [[Streeterville]] and north border (left) of [[Chicago Loop]], [[Lakeshore East]] and [[Illinois Center]] (with [[:en:Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)|Trump International Hotel and Tower]] at jog in the river in the center)]]

On November 10, 1996, new northbound lanes opened next to the original southbound lanes at [[Soldier Field]], eliminating the original wide [[median (highway)|median]].<ref name="forgottenchicago"/> Prior to this 1996 reconstruction, the northbound lane ran on the east side of Soldier Field while the southbound lane ran on the west side.

On March 20, 2003, some 15,000 anti-war protesters marched along Lake Shore Drive the day after the United States [[invasion of Iraq]], stopping all traffic for several hours. The spontaneous direct action occurred after the original protest route through downtown Chicago, as planned by the Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism, was blocked by law enforcement.  Approximately 900 marchers were arrested and a City Council investigation was held before all charges were dropped.

Portions of the drive between Irving Park Road and Foster Avenue that contained the original concrete were paved with asphalt in 2009.

[[File:Cars stuck on Lake shore drive Chicago Feb 2 2011 storm.JPG|250px|left|thumb|Cars snowed in on Lake Shore Drive during the [[January 31–February 2, 2011 North American winter storm|Groundhog Day Blizzard]] in 2011]]

During the [[January 31–February 2, 2011 North American winter storm|Groundhog Day Blizzard]], Lake Shore Drive had to be closed because of the large amount of snow present on the roadway.  The city estimated 900 vehicles became stuck on Lake Shore Drive, with the [[Associated Press]] reporting approximately 1,500 vehicles stuck.  Hundreds of motorists had become stranded on Lake Shore Drive, some for as long as 12 hours.  Crews worked around the clock to remove the vehicles and clear the roadway, and Lake Shore Drive was reopened just before dawn on February 3, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chicago's Lake Shore Drive reopens after blizzard |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/chicagos-lake-shore-drive-826378.html |date=February 3, 2011 |work=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |access-date=2011-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204104205/https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/chicagos-lake-shore-drive-826378.html |archive-date=2011-02-04}}</ref>

A thirty-year development plan estimated to cost $4 billion was approved by Chicago in September 2010, for the former site of the US Steel plant in [[South Chicago, Chicago|South Chicago]], which operated along the neighborhood's shoreline from 1880 to 1992,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/realestate/commercial/29chicago.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Robert |last=Sharoff |title=Chicago to Redevelop U.S. Steel Site on Lakefront |date=December 28, 2010}}</ref> and which has undergone extensive demolition and environmental remediation since; included in the plan was an extension of Lake Shore Drive through the property. This extension opened at 9&nbsp;am October 27, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jon |last=Hilkevitch |title=2-mile South Lake Shore Drive Extension Opens to Traffic |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-2mile-south-lake-shore-drive-extension-to-open-sunday-20131024,0,1330344.story |work=Chicago Tribune |date=October 27, 2013 |access-date=October 27, 2013}}</ref>

Between late 2015 and late 2017, the I-55 interchange was reconstructed to repace all of the ramps. These structures were deteriorating and functionally obsolete.<ref>{{cite web |title=I-55 at Lake Shore Drive |date=April 29, 2015 |url=https://idot.illinois.gov/projects/I55-at-LSD |access-date=February 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:DuSable Lake Shore Drive sign.jpg|thumb|250px|Installed signage in line with the 2021 name change: DuSable Lake Shore Drive]]
As early as 1993, a proposal to rename Lake Shore Drive in honor of du Sable was backed by former Aldermen [[Toni Preckwinkle]] (4th Ward) and Madeline Haithcock (2nd Ward). However, this plan was rejected by former Mayor [[Richard M. Daley]], who cited its high cost. In October 2019, the 1993 proposal was reintroduced by 4th Ward Alderman [[David H. Moore|David Moore]] and co-sponsored by ten others. Due to renewed national political attention to race relations following the May 2020 [[murder of George Floyd]] and [[George Floyd protest|subsequent civil unrest]], which also impacted Chicago, the plan gained traction.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spielman |first1=Fran |title=Revised proposal to rename Outer Lake Shore Drive for DuSable on road to approval |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/12/10/22167805/rename-lake-shore-drive-outer-dusable |access-date=June 28, 2021 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=2020-12-10 |language=en}}</ref> In December 2020, a hearing on the proposal was held, but the vote was delayed to April 2021 due as Mayor [[Lori Lightfoot]] sought alternatives to honor du Sable. The plan was also amended to reduce the price tag, only renaming the Outer Drive from Hollywood Avenue to 67th Street.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aldermen Consider Push To Rename Lake Shore Drive For Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable |url=https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/12/10/aldermen-consider-push-to-rename-lake-shore-drive-for-jean-baptiste-point-du-sable/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |work=Block Club Chicago |date=2020-12-10 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Proposal To Rename Lake Shore Drive For Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Stalled Again |url=https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/12/10/city-committee-postpones-hearing-to-rename-lake-shore-drive-for-jean-baptiste-point-du-sable/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |work=Block Club Chicago |date=2020-12-10 |language=en}}</ref> In late April 2021, this amended plan was reported favorably out of committee.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lake Shore Drive Renamed Du Sable Drive? Name Change Approved By Key City Committee |url=https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/04/29/lake-shore-drive-renamed-du-sable-drive-name-change-likely-after-key-committee-approval/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |work=Block Club Chicago |date=2021-04-29 |language=en}}</ref> A full Council vote was expected to take place in late May, but this was delayed further to late June due to Lightfoot's opposition.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pathieu |first1=Diane |last2=Wall |first2=Craig |title=Chicago City Council delays vote on renaming Lake Shore Drive for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable |url=https://abc7chicago.com/lake-shore-drive-chicago-renaming-rename-jean-baptiste-pointe-du-sable/10696835/ |access-date=June 28, 2021 |work=ABC7 Chicago |date=2021-05-26 |language=en}}</ref> In late June, the proposal was passed by the City Council, 33-15.<ref>{{cite news |title=City Council Votes 33-15 to Create Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive |url=https://news.wttw.com/2021/06/25/city-council-votes-33-15-create-jean-baptiste-point-dusable-lake-shore-drive |access-date=June 28, 2021 |work=WTTW News |language=en}}</ref>  Polls indicated racial polarization around the name change, with a majority of white residents critical of the plan and a majority of non-white residents in support. This divide was reflected in the Council vote: the ordinance received predominantly non-white aldermanic support, while two-thirds of the aldermen in opposition were white.<ref name="reader"></ref><ref>{{cite news |title=DuSable Drive is supported by most POC Chicagoans with an opinion, opposed by whites |url=https://chi.streetsblog.org/2021/06/04/dusable-drive-is-supported-by-most-poc-chicagoans-with-an-opinion-opposed-by-whites/ |access-date=June 29, 2021}}</ref>

==Future==
[[File:Lake Shore Drive Traffic.webm|thumb|251x251px|Lake Shore Drive traffic in April 2022.]]
In 2004, a private foundation solicited plans, and the Chicago Park District considered a feasibility study, to extend Lake Shore Drive farther north through [[Rogers Park, Chicago|Rogers Park]] and into [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]]. They proved extremely controversial.<ref>{{cite news |first=Breanne |last=Gilpatrick |title=Chicago park expansion could extend Lake Shore Drive |date=October 5, 2004 |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2004/10/06/archive-manual/chicago-park-expansion-could-extend-lake-shore-drive/ |work=[[The Daily Northwestern]] |access-date= 2018-08-14}}</ref> Residents protested against cutting neighborhoods off from the lake, and Rogers Park and Edgewater voters rejected the extension in a [[referendum]] placed on the ballot by citizen initiative in November 2004.<ref>{{cite news |first=Breanne |last=Gilpatrick |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2004/11/03/archive-manual/rogers-park-voters-strike-down-lake-shore-drive-extension-plan/ |title=Rogers Park voters strike down Lake Shore Drive extension plan |work=The Daily Northwestern |date=November 2, 2004 |access-date= 2018-08-14}}</ref> However, in spring 2005, the Chicago Park District spent $350,000 on plans for new marinas along Lake Shore Drive, including one at Devon-Granville,<ref>{{cite news |first=Ben |last=Joravsky |title=Prescient or Just Paranoid? Rogers Park residents turned out in force to foil a city plan that officials say doesn't exist |date=October 28, 2005 |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/pdf/051028/051028_works.pdf |work=[[Chicago Reader]] |access-date= 2008-12-18}}</ref> and in July 2005, Cong. [[Jan Schakowsky]] (IL-9) obtained federal funding reported variously as $800,000 and $1 million for a study of the possible extension of the Chicago North lakefront path;<ref>{{cite press release |title=Schakowsky Secures $12.8 Million in Funding for District in Transportation Bill |date=July 29, 2005 |publisher=Office of Representative Jan Schakowsky |url=http://www.house.gov/schakowsky/PressRelease_7_29_05_Transportation.shtml |access-date=July 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809202725/http://schakowsky.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1033&catid=13%3A2005-press-releases&Itemid=31 |archive-date=August 9, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> both of these developments fueled residents' suspicion of a secret city plan to extend the Drive. The controversy remained an issue through the 2007 aldermanic election in the 49th Ward. In 2008, proposals by [[Friends of the Parks]] to extend the lakefront park system north, possibly through offshore manmade islands linked by bike paths,<ref>{{cite news |first=Noreen |last=Ahmedullah |title=Lakefront park plan opposed |date=March 21, 2008 |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/mar/21/news/chi-edgewater-lakefront-21mar21 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date= 2008-12-18}} {{subscription required}}</ref> met with similar resident opposition. Despite statements by FOP that no extension of the Drive was contemplated, activists contended that the Park District "has plans already drawn up that clearly show Lake Shore Drive immediately east of" Edgewater and Rogers Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stopthelandfill.org/default.aspx |title=Stop the Landfill |access-date=2008-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209215944/http://stopthelandfill.org/default.aspx |archive-date=2009-02-09}}</ref>

[[File:US 41 NB past Jackson Drive Chicago.jpeg|thumb|right|Lake Shore Drive (US 41) northbound past Jackson Drive in Chicago]]
Throughout the 2010s and the 2020s, IDOT, CDOT, and the Chicago Park District worked on a project (dubbed "Redefine the Drive") to reconstruct a portion of Lake Shore Drive north of downtown,<ref>{{cite web |title=North DuSable Lake Shore Drive :: Redefine the Drive |url=https://northdusablelakeshoredrive.org/ |website=northdusablelakeshoredrive.org |access-date=September 25, 2021}}</ref> citing traffic congestion, deteriorating infrastructure, and safety issues. The project also sought to expand the lakefront as well as adding amenities to the lakefront (including the [[Lakefront Trail]]) and straightening the S-curve near Oak Street Beach. Organizations like [[Active Transportation Alliance]] emphasized the need to make the lakefront more welcoming to pedestrians and cyclists, suggesting that Lake Shore Drive be downsized.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coalition of 15 civic organizations calls for bold vision for North Lake Shore Drive reconstruction |url=https://www.metroplanning.org/news/6744/Coalition-of-15-civic-organizations-calls-for-bold-vision-for-North-Lake-Shore-Drive-reconstruction |website=Metropolitan Planning Council |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hilkevitch |first1=Jon |title=Lake Shore Drive seeking road to the future |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ct-getting-around-north-lake-shore-drive-met-0707-20140707-column.html |access-date=6 May 2023 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>
One proposal put forward in 2017 was to place the straightened S{{nbh}}curve underground.<ref>{{cite news |last=Matthews |first=David |date=12 June 2017 |title=State Scraps $4 Billion Tunnel Under Oak Street Beach, Has New Plan For LSD |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170712/downtown/lake-shore-drive-parks-renovation-construction |work=DNAinfo |location=Chicago |access-date=7 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209165353/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170712/downtown/lake-shore-drive-parks-renovation-construction/ |archive-date=9 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the fall of 2020, planners narrowed the lane configuration options down to 5: keep the existing lanes except for the addition of [[queue jump lane]], add a bus lane (the "Addition"), turn the left lane into a bus lane (the "Exchange"), turn the left lane into toll lane (the "Flex"), and turn two left lanes into toll lanes (the "Double Flex").<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blumberg |first1=Nick |title=North Lake Shore Drive's in Line for an Overhaul, and Planners Want Your Input |url=https://news.wttw.com/2020/10/22/north-lake-shore-drive-s-line-overhaul-and-planners-want-your-input |access-date=6 May 2023 |work=WTTW News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Surma |first1=Katie |title=Plans for a massive overhaul of Lake Shore Drive are moving forward. Here's how to give your input. |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-lake-shore-drive-modernization-redefine-the-drive-20200925-3y6i6h2eezd3pl44ryesjjwnhm-story.html |access-date=6 May 2023 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>

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==Major intersections==
[[File:Downtown Chicago Illinois Nov05 img 2641.jpg|thumb|Viewed from [[Near North Side, Chicago|Near North Side]] looking north]]
The Drive connects the following Chicago community areas from South to North: [[South Shore, Chicago|South Shore]]; [[Woodlawn, Chicago|Woodlawn]]; [[Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park]]; [[Kenwood, Chicago|Kenwood]]; [[Oakland, Chicago|Oakland]]; [[Douglas, Chicago|Douglas]]; [[Near South Side, Chicago|Near South Side]]; [[Chicago Loop|The Loop]]; [[Near North Side, Chicago|Near North Side]]; [[Lincoln Park, Chicago|Lincoln Park]]; [[Lake View, Chicago|Lake View]]; [[Uptown, Chicago|Uptown]]; and [[Edgewater, Chicago|Edgewater]].

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==Notable places==
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===Locations===
[[File:North Avenue Beach.JPG|thumb|View from [[John Hancock Center]]]]
[[File:Typical Summer Afternoon on Lake Shore Drive.jpg|thumb|right|A typical summer afternoon on Lake Shore Drive]]

*[[860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments]]
*[[The Aquitania]]
*[[Burnham Park (Chicago)|Burnham Park]]
*[[Chicago Yacht Club]]
*[[Drake Hotel (Chicago)|Drake Hotel]]
*[[DuSable Park, Chicago|DuSable Park]]
*[[Edgewater Beach Hotel|Edgewater Beach Apartments]]
*[[Grant Park (Chicago)|Grant Park]]
*[[Harbor Point (Chicago)|Harbor Point Condominium]]
*[[International Museum of Surgical Science]]
*[[Jackson Park (Chicago)|Jackson Park]]
:*[[Chicago beaches#63rd Street Beach|63rd Street Beach]]
*[[Kwanusila|Kwanusila Totem Pole]]
*[[Lake Point Tower]]
*[[Lincoln Park]]
*[[McCormick Place]]
*[[Chicago beaches#Wilson Avenue.2FMontrose Avenue Beach|Montrose Beach]]
*[[Museum Campus Chicago]]
:*[[Adler Planetarium]]
:*[[Field Museum of Natural History]]
:*[[Shedd Aquarium]]
*[[Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)|Museum of Science and Industry]]
*[[Navy Pier]]
*[[North Avenue Beach]]
*[[Meigs Field|Northerly Island]]
*[[Oak Street Beach (Chicago, IL)|Oak Street Beach]]
*[[One Museum Park]]
*[[680 North Lake Shore|Playboy Enterprises]]
*[[Promontory Point (Chicago)|Promontory Point]]
*[[Soldier Field]]
*[[Temple Sholom]]

===Neighborhoods===
*[[Bronzeville, Chicago|Bronzeville]]
*[[Edgewater, Chicago|Edgewater]]
*[[Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park]]
*[[Kenwood, Chicago|Kenwood]]
*[[Lakeview, Chicago|Lakeview]]
*[[Lincoln Park, Chicago|Lincoln Park]]
*[[Near North Side, Chicago#Gold Coast|Gold Coast]]
*[[Near North Side, Chicago#Streeterville|Streeterville]]
*[[South Shore, Chicago|South Shore]]
*[[Chicago Loop#South Loop|South Loop]]
*[[Uptown, Chicago|Uptown]]
*[[Woodlawn, Chicago|Woodlawn]]

===Parks===
Much of Chicago's shoreline is given over to public parks.  The Drive, running through or alongside these parks, gives travelers views and access to these parks and their many amenities.  In addition, the [[Chicago Lakefront Trail]] (abbreviated as LFT) is an 18-mile [[multi-use path]] that often runs in the parks near the Drive. It is popular with cyclists and joggers.  From north to south, the parks are [[Lincoln Park (Chicago park)|Lincoln Park]], [[Grant Park (Chicago)|Grant Park]], [[Burnham Park (Chicago)|Burnham Park]] and [[Jackson Park (Chicago)|Jackson Park]].

==Use in culture==

===As political moniker===
In the 20th century, the tiny neighborhoods near Lake Shore Drive came to be occupied by exclusive high-rise apartments, condominiums and co-op buildings. To the political columnist [[Mike Royko]], Lake Shore Drive was [[goo-goos|goo-goo]] territory, a land occupied by Chicago's wealthy "good-government" types. Royko sometimes used Lake Shore Drive as a political moniker. Though he often agreed with the reformers, he looked upon them with the same cynical eye as his fictional Chicago everyman, [[Slats Grobnik]].

=== In motorsport ===
A part of the [[Chicago Street Course]] uses Lakeshore Drive as a part of the track.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-11 |title=Michigan Avenue, Columbus Drive, Lake Shore Drive and More: Full List of Road, Street Closures Ahead of NASCAR Chicago Street Race |url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/nascar-chicago-street-race/full-list-of-road-street-closures-nascar-chicago-street-race-michigan-avenue-columbus-drive-lake-shore-drive/3116413/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=NBC Chicago |language=en-US}}</ref>

===In popular culture===
[[File:Gerald Farinas Lakeview Chicago Condos.jpg|thumb|left|Both vintage and modern upscale condominiums along Lake Shore Drive in Lake View East stand side by side, overshadowing the historic Jewish Temple Sholom.]]
[[File:Gerald Farinas Belmont Harbor Chicago.jpg|thumb|Lake Shore Drive is gateway to many marinas like Belmont Harbor, one of the largest in Chicago.]]
Many [[film]]s based in Chicago feature scenes on Lake Shore Drive, including ''[[Cheaper by the Dozen]]'', ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'', ''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'', ''[[The Break-Up]]'', ''[[Risky Business]]'', ''[[Love Jones (film)|Love Jones]]'', ''[[My Best Friend's Wedding]]'', ''[[Somewhere in Time (film)|Somewhere in Time]]'' and ''[[National Lampoon's Vacation]]''. In ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'', the title characters are seen taking Lake Shore Drive in the opposite compass direction to that which their origin point and destination would require.

In television, Lake Shore Drive is seen in [[AT&T Wireless|AT&T's]]/[[Cingular|"The New Cingular's"]] [[The Weight|"Weight"]] ad with the ad's protagonist driving south along Lake Shore Drive towards the [[John Hancock Center|John Hancock Building]]. The opening credits of the late 1980s and early 1990s sitcom ''[[Married... with Children]]'' features a flyover of Lake Shore Drive. Also, the medical drama ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' has shot scenes at or near Lake Shore Drive over the show's 15 season run.

The 1971 song "[[Lake Shore Drive (song)|Lake Shore Drive]]" by [[Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah]] is a reference to the road. [[Styx (band)|Styx]] mentions the road in their 1979 song "Borrowed Time" as well as "Back to Chicago" from 1990. The road is also mentioned in the 2005 [[Kanye West]] songs "Drive Slow" and "Grammy Family", as well as in his verse in the Boost Mobile promotional single "Whole City Behind Us." The song "Lake Shore Drive" by [[Art Porter Jr.]] is also about the famous road. It is also mentioned in [[Fall Out Boy]]'s song, "Lake Effect Kid": "joke us, joke us 'till Lake Shore Drive comes back into focus."

Lake Shore Drive is also featured in the 1999 Microsoft game ''[[Midtown Madness]]''.

In the [[Electronic Arts]] [[NASCAR]] video game series, ''[[NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup|2005: Chase for the Cup]]'', ''[[NASCAR 06: Total Team Control|06: Total Team Control]]'', ''[[NASCAR 07|07]]'', ''[[NASCAR 08|08]]'', and ''[[NASCAR 09|09]]'' all include a fictional street course that uses part of the real-life Lake Shore Drive, along with a few side streets. In Chase for the Cup, it is referred to as Lakeshore Drive, and must be unlocked by using a cheat code. In the latter four games, it goes by [[Wal-Mart]] Raceway, and is available from the start.

==See also==
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* [[860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments]]
* [[900-910 North Lake Shore]]
* [[Bike the Drive]]
* [[Boulevard Lakefront Tour]]

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Lake Shore Drive}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120125023616/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758296,00.html ''Time'' magazine article]
* [http://www.forgottenchicago.com/lsd.php Lake Shore Drive Redux] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308031945/http://forgottenchicago.com/lsd.php |date=March 8, 2016 }} from ForgottenChicago.com
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130124063321/http://www.gcmtravelstats.com/Default.aspx?selLinks1=20 Historic, current, and average travel times for Lake Shore Drive]}}

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