U.S. Route 50 in Illinois
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U.S. Route 50 |
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Length: | About 160 mi (257 km) | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 approximately 160 miles (257 km).[1]
[edit] Route description
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.
[edit] References
- ^ Google Maps estimate.