Rush Street is predominantly a northbound
one-way street in the
Near North Side community area of
Chicago in
Cook County,
Illinois, United States. The street, which starts at the Chicago River between Wabash and North
Michigan Avenues, runs directly north until it slants on a diagonal as it crosses
Chicago Avenue then it continues to Cedar and State Streets, making it slightly less than a mile long. One lane also runs southbound from Ohio Street (600N) to Kinzie Street (400N) as part of a
two-way street segment. It runs parallel to and one block west of the
Magnificent Mile on the two-way traffic North Michigan Avenue, which runs at 100 east up to 950 north. The street, which is also one block east of the one-way southbound Wabash Avenue, formerly ran slightly further south to the
Chicago River where over time various bridges connected it to the
Loop, Chicago's
central business district.