Roosevelt Road (originally named
12th Street) is a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of
Chicago,
Illinois, and its western suburbs. It is 1200 South in the city's
street numbering system, but only south of
Madison Street. It runs under this name from
Columbus Drive to the western city limits, then continues through the western suburbs until it reaches
Geneva, where it is known as State Street. 12th Street was renamed to Roosevelt Road on May 25, 1919, in recognition of President
Theodore Roosevelt, who had died the previous January. In 1928 the new
U.S. Route 330 (US 330), a different alignment of
US 30, went down Roosevelt Road to Geneva, in 1942 it was redesignated as US 30 Alternate. In 1972, after the route had been discontinued, Roosevelt Road outside Chicago became
Illinois Route 38.