Illinois Route 250 is an east–west state highway in southeastern

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. It is similar to Illinois Route 251 in that portions of the highway replace former alignments of

U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlanti ...

. Illinois 250 has its western terminus west of the city limits of

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and its eastern terminus at U.S. Route 50 Business in Lawrenceville. This is a distance of .

Route description

Illinois 250 serves the downtown areas of five population centers in southeast Illinois: Noble, Olney,

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and Lawrenceville; the largest of these centers is Olney with 8,631 people as of the year 2000. Both Lawrenceville and Olney are

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s of

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and Richland counties, respectively. All of the population centers are feeder cities to Vincennes, which has a population of 18,071 and is the commercial center of the region.

History

U.S. Route 50 was upgraded to a divided highway in this area (portions of which were limited-access highway) from the mid-1960s into the 1970s. Illinois 250 has been used to designate the U.S. Route 50 business routes into these cities since 1965.

Major intersections

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Illinois Highway Ends: Illinois Route 250
250 U.S. Route 50 Transportation in Richland County, Illinois Transportation in Lawrence County, Illinois