Belmont Ave (Chicago)

Belmont Avenue (3200 N) is a major east–west street in Chicago and some suburbs. Belmont starts at the Belmont harbor area and is a central commercial street in Lakeview and, west of the North Branch of the Chicago River, Avondale. Further west, it anchors the Belmont-Central shopping district straddling the Belmont Cragin and Portage Park communities. The road enters western suburbs River Grove and Franklin Park before the main segment ends with other parts of Belmont still going west. Then west of the Cook County line parts of Belmont enter DuPage County, specifically in Bensenville and Addison, ending.

Belmont Avenue was the southern border of Riverview Park. The amusement park remained open from 1904 until 1967. The park's property is now home to the Riverview Plaza shopping center, the Belmont District Police Station, and DeVry Institute of Technology.

The street was named in memory of the Battle of Belmont during the American Civil War that was fought on November 7, 1861, in Mississippi County, Missouri.

Traveling the entire main segment of Belmont Ave in Chicago beginning at US 41 - Lake Shore Drive heading towards the suburbs.

The Chicago segment goes all the way up to 25th Ave in River Grove before turning left on 25th Ave to Franklin Ave then a slight left to other segment of Belmont Ave in Franklin Park to Wolf Rd in Northlake.