Harrison station (CTA Westchester branch)

Mannheim Road, also known as La Grange Road from Cermak Road to Nebraska Street, is a north–south major street in the near-western suburbs of Chicago. It carries U.S. Routes 12 from Des Plaines to 95th St near Hickory Hills, 45 between Des Plaines on southwards past Frankfort, Illinois and carries U.S. Route 20 between Lake Street in Stone Park, Illinois and 95th St. near Hickory Hills The road is named after a former town called Mannheim, Illinois that was founded by German farmers in what is now Franklin Park. From Cermak Road on the Westchester/La Grange Park border and points to the south, it is known as La Grange Road. Mannheim Road skirts the eastern edge of O'Hare International Airport; numerous airport hotels and rental car services are located on the street near the airport. One major landmark of Mannheim Road is the Allstate Arena at the intersection of Mannheim Road and Lunt Avenue in Rosemont. It is also a favorite stomping ground for artists and musicians. The heavy metal band Diamond Rexx was inspired by and wrote their debut 1986 album "Land of the Damned" about this street. There is also a Metra station on the Milwaukee West Line at Mannheim Road; in addition, Metra's BNSF Railway Line has a stop on La Grange Road in La Grange. Also, there is an overpass that carries Mannheim Rd over Union Pacific's Proviso rail yard. There is another overpass that carries the street over Canadian Pacific's Bensenville railroad yard. At the descent of that overpass the road goes under the Tri-State Tollway. There's also a school district on the left side of the street named Mannheim School District 83 on the intersection of Grand Avenue and Mannheim Road itself in Franklin Park. North Avenue also dips under Mannheim Road in Melrose Park. On some small intersections on the part named LaGrange Road, the street signs still call the road Mannheim or 'Manheim'.

Roosevelt, originally known as Westchester, was a rapid transit station that served the Westchester branch of the Chicago "L" between 1926 and the branch's discontinuation in 1951. It was the branch's terminus from its opening until the 1930 extension of the line to 22nd Street.

Bellwood was a station on the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CA&E) serving Bellwood, Illinois, from 1902 to 1957. An adjacent station, serving the Westchester branch, existed for rapid transit purposes on the Chicago "L" between 1926 and 1951. Bellwood was one of the original stations of the Aurora, Elgin, and Chicago Railroad (AE&C) when it opened in 1902. In 1906, a branch to Mount Carmel Cemetery opened from Bellwood. The Westchester branch, originally conceived as a bypass route for the CA&E, opened in 1926 and replaced the Mount Carmel branch for passenger service. Bellwood served as the dividing line between local service provided by the CA&E and that provided by the "L"; it was the westernmost station where eastbound boarding was prohibited onto CA&E trains, as well as the westernmost station where passengers having boarded from Chicago stations were not allowed to alight.

Bellwood School District 88 (SD88) is a school district headquartered in Bellwood, Illinois in the Chicago metropolitan area. It operates seven schools that serve the communities of Bellwood, Melrose Park, Stone Park, Hillside, and Broadview.

Proviso Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 151,704. It was organized in 1850 and originally named "Taylor", but shortly afterward its name was changed to make reference to the Wilmot Proviso, a contemporary piece of legislation intended to stop the spread of slavery.The Proviso Township government office is located at 4565 W. Harrison Street, Hillside, IL 60162.

Bellwood is a village in Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Located 13 miles (21 km) west of Chicago's downtown Loop, the Village of Bellwood is bounded by the Eisenhower Expressway (south), the Proviso yards of the former Chicago & Northwestern, now Union Pacific Railroad (north), and the suburbs of Maywood (east) and Hillside and Berkeley (west). The population was 18,789 at the 2020 census.

Oakridge Cemetery is a cemetery located in the village of Hillside, near Chicago. It is the largest non-sectarian mausoleum in Cook County, Illinois. The cemetery is located at 4301 West Roosevelt Road, Hillside, IL 60162.

Canterbury was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" between 1930 and 1951. Located on the Westchester branch, it was part of a southern extension of the branch, which had opened in 1926.

Westchester is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a western suburb of Chicago. The population was 16,892 at the 2020 census. The current Village President is Nick Steker, serving in the special role of acting president after the death of the previous president Frank Perry from cancer.

Bellwood is a Metra commuter railroad station in Bellwood, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. It is served by the Union Pacific West Line. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie is 26 to 33 minutes, depending on the train. As of 2022, Bellwood is served by 15 inbound trains and 16 outbound trains on weekdays, by all 10 trains in each direction on Saturdays, and by all nine trains in each direction on Sundays and holidays. As of 2018, Bellwood is the 173rd busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 145 weekday boardings. The Union Pacific Railroad announced its intention to restore and modernize Bellwood's Metra station, and also add a third rail line, in November 2011. The $4 million renovation was finished by the fall of 2012 free of charge cost to households. The station is at Frederick Avenue and Erie Street. To the south there is a parking lot and a residential neighborhood of single-family homes. The Union Pacific Railroad’s Proviso Yard is north of the station. Immediately to the west there is an overpass that carries Mannheim Road over the freight yard. Pace suburban buses stop on Mannheim Road and on St. Charles Road, one block to the south of the station. To the east of the station is the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad bridge over the UP-W line that Union Pacific trains cross over to go into Proviso Yard.

Mannheim/22nd was a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" between 1930 and 1951. Located on the Westchester branch, it was the southern terminus of that branch, which was extended south to the station's location after having opened in 1926.

Hillside is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 8,320.