U.S. 150

U.S. 150

U.S. 150 generally serves local traffic throughout its 264.4 mile route across north central Illinois. Paralleling Interstate 74, the highway ventures south from Moline and the Quad Cities to Galesburg. Both turn east from East Galesburg, with U.S. 150 remaining north of the freeway corridor into Peoria. Through Peoria, U.S. 150 expands into an arterial route along War Memorial Drive southeast to the McClugage Bridge across the Illinois River.

Combining with U.S. 24, U.S. 150 back tracks southwest along the east banks of the Illinois River to meet Interstate 74 again at East Peoria. The US route resumes an easterly course from there along I-74 to Morton and the west side of Normal. Both routes turn south again and converge in Bloomington. U.S. 150 joins Interstates 55 and 74 with Downtown Bloomington, navigating through the city street grid including a one-way couplet along Locust Street east, Clinton Street north, Empire Street west and Lee Street south. The route dog legs east from Clinton Street to the commercial strip along Morrissey Drive via Oakland Avenue in southeast Bloomington.

Heading southeast from Bloomington, U.S. 150 resumes along a rural course through an array of small cities beside Interstate 74. Entering the Champaign-Urbana area, U.S. 150 loops south from I-74 along Prospect Avenue, Springfield Avenue, Wright Street and University Avenue through Downtown Champaign and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The two routes advance east from Urbana to cross paths with one another again leading into Danville. U.S. 150 parts ways with the I-74 corridor south from Danville to Georgetown, Chrisman and Paris, exiting the state ahead of Terre Haute, Indiana.

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Page Updated Wednesday May 09, 2018.