Racine Avenue, No Respect?

Racine Avenue doesn't seem to get much formal respect from the City of Chicago, despite being one of its longest streets. Its path runs for roughly 21 miles (albeit not continuously), from near the intersection of Lawrence and Broadway in Uptown, all the way down to Blue Island where it finally dead-ends at Vermont St. True, it's only a minor arterial street, situated halfway between the major arteries of Ashland Avenue and Halsted Street. But still, despite its considerable length, the street is chopped apart in numerous places, most notably at waterways and expressways where its pass-through would have come at considerable expense. Specifically, Racine does not have even a single bridge over any of the waterways it would potentially cross - not the North Branch of the Chicago River:

Nor the South Branch:

Nor even the Sanitary and Ship Canal in Blue Island - though, admittedly, the lack of a bridge there is a moot point, as the street ends just north of the canal:

And with highways it's not much better. Racine doesn't get an overpass on the Kennedy Expressway:

Nor the Stevenson Expressway; in fact, Racine doesn't even exist between the South Branch and 31st Street - had its path been continued, in this photo it would have intersected the expressway roughly at the 55 symol:

 

Nor I-57:

The only expressway where Racine gets an overpass is at the Eisenhower, and even there it only gets one ramp - an on-ramp into the westbound lanes:

A little Racine love, Chicago...please!