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| A one-quarter cloverleaf interchange joins U.S. 50 with IL 3 on the north side of Lawrenceville. The two lane expressway continues east from the IL 1 underpass seven miles to IL 33 and 11 miles to Vincennes, Indiana. 11/06/10 |
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| Near the entrance ramps from Business U.S. 50 east, U.S. 50 expands to four lanes where it continues as a freeway to Vincennes. 11/06/10 |
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| One mile away from the Mid-American Air Center interchange with County Road 21, serving the Lawrenceville-Vincennes International Airport (KWV) to the north. 11/06/10 |
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| County Road 1500 East (CR-21) connects U.S. 50 with old U.S. 50 (County Road 990 North) and County Road 1100 North. Lawrence County 21 begins at old U.S. 50 and follows a stair stepped route north from the freeway to Mid-American Air Center. 11/06/10 |
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| U.S. 50 east enters the diamond interchange with County Road 1500 East (CR-21), serving the Mid-American Air Center. The older route of U.S. 50, to the south, forms an additional road from Lawrenceville east to IL 33 northwest of Vincennes. 11/06/10 |
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| The IL 33 interchange is now four miles away, followed by Vincennes, Indiana at eight miles out. The U.S. 50 freeway was built in the 1960s as a part of a plan to construct an interstate across Illinois between Vincennes and St. Louis. The only segment ever built was the portion from Lawrenceville to the Wabash River built. 11/06/10 |
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| The last exit along U.S. 50 in Illinois is with IL 33, a 97 mile highway that begins at U.S. 50 and heads north toward Palestine, Robinson and Effingham, ending in Beecher City at IL 128. 11/06/10 |
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| IL 33 heads southeast from U.S. 50, 2.3 miles to Westport. There the Lincoln Memorial Bridge spans the Wabash River into Vincennes, where the George Rogers Clark National Memorial is located. 11/06/10 |
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| IL 33 follows a hook shaped route south from U.S. 50 to Westport, where the highway makes curves northward to follow the Wabash River toward the town of Palestine. 11/06/10 |
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| East of the IL 33 interchange, U.S. 50 rises across the Robeson Hills on the three mile drive to U.S. 41. The distance to Cincinnati, Ohio is 188 miles away on the other side of Indiana. 11/06/10 |
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| U.S. 50 crosses the Red Skeleton Bridge over the Wabash River into Indiana. 11/06/10 |
Page Updated 11-29-2012.
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