Between 153rd and 151st streets, Robey Avenue served as the eastern edge of the now-demolished Dixie Square Mall.

North of 47th Street, Damen Avenue has a wide, one-block-long median serving industries and a mall before the road ends shortly after.

[4] Damen Avenue resumes at Pershing Road; however, the intersection is unusually designed with southbound traffic shifting one block west.

After crossing I-290 and the Blue Line, Damen Avenue serves Malcolm X College as well as the United Center, cutting through a series of parking lots.

Damen Avenue crosses over the North Branch Chicago River via a tied-arch bridge.

The roadway eventually ends at Bryn Mawr Avenue at the Rosehill Cemetery.

The closure forced CTA bus route 48 to reroute along Western Boulevard to maintain its connection to the 35th/Archer station.