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Lake Shore Drive

Lake Shore Drive is a freeway-standard expressway in Chicago, Illinois. It runs along the shore of Lake Michigan. The highway passes Navy Pier all the through 875 North Michigan Avenue. The drive is a dangerous area during blizzards. The drive was named Leif Ericson Drive (after Leif Ericson) until it was renamed in 1946.

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  • Edgewater Beach, Chicago

    The Historic Edgewater Beach Apartments mark the northern end of the Drive

  • Lake Shore Drive

    Traffic near Harbor Point Tower

  • buildings along the sides of a river in a panorama view

    2009 view from Lake Shore Drive of Chicago River, the south border (right) of the Near North Side and Streeterville and north border (left) of Chicago Loop, Lakeshore East and Illinois Center (with Trump International Hotel and Tower at jog in the river in the center)

  • Cars stuck on Lake shore drive Chicago Feb 2 2011 storm

    Cars snowed in on Lake Shore Drive during the Groundhog Day Blizzard in 2011

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