U.S. Route 50 in Illinois

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U.S. Route 50
Length:	165.79 mi[1] (266.81 km)
Formed:	1926
Direction:	East-west
From:	Mississippi River west of Columbia
To:	Wabash River east of Lawrenceville
Major cities:	O'Fallon, Carlyle, Salem, Olney, Lawrenceville
System:	U.S. Highway system
Illinois state highway system < IL 49 IL 50 >

In the U.S. state of Illinois, U.S. Route 50 is an east-west highway across the southern portion of the state. It runs from the Jefferson Barracks Bridge over the Mississippi River to Missouri east to the Red Skelton Memorial Bridge over the Wabash River to Indiana. This is a distance of 165.79 miles (266.81 km).^[1]

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U.S. 50 runs east-west across the southern portion of the site, between Interstate 70 to the north and Interstate 64 to the south. Along many portions of U.S. 50, the road has been moved onto either a bypass or an expressway.

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