U.S. Route 150 (US 150) is a 571-mile (919 km) long northwest-southeast

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, signed as east–west. It runs from U.S. Route 6 outside of

Moline, Illinois Moline ( ) is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. With a population of 42,985 in 2020, it is the largest city in Rock Island County. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline and Rock Island ...

to U.S. Route 25 in

Mount Vernon, Kentucky Mount Vernon is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city and the seat of Rockcastle County, Kentucky, Rockcastle County in southeastern Kentucky. The intersection of U.S. Route 25 in Kentucky, U.S. Routes 25 and U.S. Route 150 (Kentucky), 1 ...

Route description

Illinois

In the state of

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, U.S. 150 runs from the

Quad City International Airport Quad Cities International Airport is a public airport in Rock Island County, Illinois, three miles (5 km) south of Moline, partly in Blackhawk Township and partly in Coal Valley Township. In 2012 it was named "Illinois Primary Airport of ...

at U.S. Route 6 southeast to near

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. U.S. 150 in Illinois is long. Between Moline and Danville, Route 150 closely parallels

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Indiana

In the state of

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, U.S. 150 runs south with U.S. Route 41 from

Terre Haute Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a ...

. It is then concurrent with its parent,

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 Atlantic ...

from

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. It then runs east to New Albany before overlapping

Interstate 64 Interstate 64 (I-64) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. Its western terminus is at Interstate 70 in Missouri, I-70, U.S. Route 40 in Missouri, U.S. Route 40 (US 40), and U.S. Route 61 in Missouri, ...

into Kentucky. Between Vincennes and New Albany the road follows the original route of the Buffalo Trace.

Kentucky

U.S. 150 runs concurrently with I-64 as it enters

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from Indiana, crossing the Ohio River into

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on the

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and exiting the I-64 freeway at North 22nd Street in the

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neighborhood. From there, U.S. 150 runs south to West Broadway (westbound U.S. 150 follows Dr. W. J. Hodges Street from West Broadway to West Main Street, then runs along the 22nd Street Connector to its merge with North 22nd near Garfield Avenue); U.S. 150 follows Broadway across downtown to Baxter Avenue; after a brief run along Baxter, It then follows

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, a major radial artery running southeasterly from downtown, with interchanges at Interstates 264 and 265. Between West Main and West Broadway in Louisville, U.S. 150 is concurrent with

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; from East Broadway and Baxter to

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, it is concurrent with

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. The route along Baxter Avenue and Bardstown Road follows the former Louisville and Bardstown Turnpike through the

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district of Louisville and past the historic Farmington plantation at the interchange with the Watterson Expressway (I-264). U.S. routes 150 and 31E separate at

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near the Martha Layne Collins Blue Grass Parkway. U.S. 150 then continues southeast, around the city of Danville before terminating at

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History

Illinois

Before 1936, Illinois Route 39 ran from Bloomington to

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on the current routing of U.S. 150. In 1936, US 150 extended due northwest from

Shoals, Indiana Shoals is a town in Center and Halbert townships and the county seat of Martin County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 756 at the 2010 census. The Shoals community is best known for the Jug Rock, the only free-standing table roc ...

to the

Quad Cities The Quad Cities is a region of cities (originally four, see History) in the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois: Davenport and Bettendorf in southeastern Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline in northwestern Illinois. These cities are th ...

. As a result, IL 39 and IL 91 were decommissioned. Not only that, IL 16, IL 80, and IL 121 were truncated. In 1954, a portion of US 150 in Peoria moved from the Franklin Street Bridge to the

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. As a result, US 150 City, later US 150 Bus., appeared in Peoria from 1954 to 1964. In 1971, the decision to remove a portion of US 150 from US 67 in Rock Island to I-74 in Danville failed. However, in 1976, the decision to truncate US 150 from US 67 in Rock Island to US 6 near the Quad City Airport was approved.

Indiana

Initially, US 150 ran from Shoals, Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky. In 1936, US 150 extended due northwest from Shoals to the Quad Cities in Illinois. This caused IN 46 to cut back from the Illinois state line to Terre Haute.

Kentucky

U.S. Route 168 was created in 1926 from

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ping US 68 between

and Perryville. In 1934, US 150 absorbed US 168.

Major intersections

Special routes

Springfield business loop

U.S. Route 150 Business (US 150 Bus.) is a special

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Springfield, Kentucky Springfield is a home rule-class city in and county seat of Washington County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,846 at the 2020 census. History Springfield was established in 1793 and probably named for springs in the area. The h ...

. The route runs through downtown Springfield while US 150 bypasses the town to the northeast. It intersects Kentucky state highways

152 Year 152 ( CLII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Glabrio and Homullus (or, less frequently, year 905 ''Ab urbe condita'' ...

, 555, 528, 1584, and

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Danville bypass

U.S. Route 150 Bypass (US 150 Byp.) is a special

Danville, Kentucky Danville is a home rule-class city in Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 17,236 at the 2020 Census. Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which include ...

. The route bypasses Danville to the southwest while US 150 runs through downtown. The route is overlapped by US 127 Byp. for approximately the first half of its length. It intersects US 127, along with Kentucky state routes 34 and 37.

References

External links

150 150 may refer to: *150 (number), a natural number * AD 150, a year in the 2nd century AD *150 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC *150 Regiment RLC * Combined Task Force 150 See also * List of highways numbered 150 The following highways are number ...

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