U.S. Route 50 in Illinois

U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50
	US 50 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by IDOT
Length	165.79 mi (266.81 km)
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
West end	I-255 / US 50 at the Missouri state line in Columbia
	I-64 / I-255 in Washington Park; I-64 / IL 158 in O'Fallon; US 51 in Sandoval; I-57 in Salem; US 45 in Flora; IL 1 in Lawrenceville;
East end	US 50 at the Indiana state line near Lawrenceville
Location
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Counties	Monroe, St. Clair, Clinton, Marion, Clay, Richland, Lawrence
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided; Illinois State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Tollways; Scenic;

U.S. Route 50 (US 50) in the state of Illinois 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 and to Indiana. This is a distance of 165.79 miles (266.81 km).^[1]

^ ^a ^b Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved November 8, 2007.