As they announce the upcoming show with a P.A. system mounted to the roof of their car, the Blues boys drive along "Phil's Beach" on Bangs Lake in Wauconda, IL.
Running out of time before the big show, they must make a pit-stop at "Lloyd's Tire Clinic," which was on Illinois Route 59 at Gary's Mill Road in West Chicago.
Exterior shots of the "Palace Hotel" were done at the South Shore Country Club at 7059 South Shore Drive in Chicago.
Interiors of the "Hotel Ballroom" were done at the Hollywood Palladium at 6215 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.
The secret underground entrance where the Blues brothers sneak into (and later escape from) the theater was a tunnel off Cannon Drive under West La Salle Drive in Lincoln Park in Chicago, which has since been replaced.
GPS Coordinates:
41.912477,-87.629299
The police boats head west under the North La Salle Street bridge over the Chicago River.
The police roadblock was set up on the 23rd Street bridge over South Lake Shore Drive. McCormick Place was built on top of this.
The Bluesmobile jumps a police car at Wacker Drive and West Monroe Street.
This is the entrance to Lower Wacker Drive at West Monroe Street.
The police car pileup under the El tracks was at the corner of West Lake Street & North La Salle Street.
The Nazis join the chase outside what is now Jaks Tap at 901 West Jackson Boulevard.
They race across Richard J. Daley Plaza along West Washington Street at North Dearborn Street...
...and finally arrive at the Cook County Building at 118 North Clark Street.
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