U.S. Route 150

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U.S. Route 150

Length:

571 mi^[1] (919 km)

Formed:

1926^[1]

West end:

U.S. 6 in Moline, IL

East end:

U.S. 25 in Mount Vernon, KY

United States Numbered Highways
U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 150 (abbreviated Route 150 or U.S. 150) is a 571 mile (919 km) long northwest-southeast United States highway, signed as east-west. It runs from U.S. Route 6 outside of Moline, Illinois to U.S. Route 25 in Mount Vernon, Kentucky .

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[edit] Route description

Major cities
Moline, Illinois Galesburg, Illinois Peoria, Illinois Bloomington-Normal, Illinois Champaign-Urbana, Illinois Danville, Illinois Vermilion, Illinois Terre Haute, Indiana Vincennes, Indiana Louisville, Kentucky Bardstown, Kentucky Danville, Kentucky Mount Vernon, Kentucky

[edit] Illinois

See also: U.S. Route 150 in Illinois

In the state of Illinois, U.S. 150 runs from the Quad City International Airport at U.S. Route 6 southeast to near Vermilion.

Between Moline and Danville, Route 150 closely parallels Interstate 74.

[edit] Indiana

In the state of Indiana, U.S. 150 runs south with U.S. Route 41 from Terre Haute. It is then multiplexed with its parent, U.S. Route 50 from Vincennes to Shoals. It then runs east to New Albany before multiplexing with Interstate 64 into Kentucky.

[edit] Kentucky

U.S. 150 runs with I-64 entering Kentucky from Indiana, crossing the Ohio River on the Sherman Minton Bridge. It then forms a major southeastern radial artery from downtown Louisville, called Bardstown Road and intersecting with Interstates 65, 264 and 265.

For its length in Louisville, U.S. 150 is also multiplexed with U.S. Route 31E. They separate at Bardstown near the Martha Layne Collins Blue Grass Parkway. U.S. 150 then continues southeast, around the city of Danville before terminating at Mount Vernon.