Maps for a Trip from Chicago to the South Michigan Shore?

[krems81]

I'm looking to plot a decent route for biking from Chicago to Union Pier, Michigan. I'd like to avoid roads unfriendly to bikers, but not to go too far out of the way. I imagine common routes have been established in the cycling community for this sort of trip. Can anyone refer me to a web page with good maps, or simply recommend good roads or an overall route to take?

Here is a google map of the trip plotted, obviously, for drivers.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Armitage+Ave.+%26+Humboldt+Blvd.+Chicago,+IL+60647&daddr=Union+Pier,+MI&sll=41.913583,-87.703471&sspn=0.007681,0.020986&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=10

Thanks,
Brian

[Torgrot]

Well, I think you need to go a little farther south when you reach Indiana, like south of 80/94. There are a large number of steel mills along the lake front from East Chicago to the other side of Gary and the traffic is murder around them. The roads can be dicy at best. Here is a link to some trails in Lake County, IN.
http://www.lakenetnwi.org/member/trails/

torgrot

[Bodeen]

Check out the tour de shore ride and site they ride trails most of the way there.