Illinois In the state of
Illinois, U.S. 150 runs from the
Quad Cities International Airport at
U.S. Route 6 southeast to near
Vermilion. U.S. 150 in Illinois is long. Between
Moline and
Danville, Route 150 closely parallels
Interstate 74.
Indiana In the state of
Indiana, U.S. 150 runs south with
U.S. Route 41 from
Terre Haute. It is then concurrent with its parent,
U.S. Route 50 from
Vincennes to
Shoals. It then runs east to
New Albany before overlapping
Interstate 64 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
Kentucky from Indiana, crossing the
Ohio River into
Louisville on the
Sherman Minton Bridge and exiting the I-64 freeway at North 22nd Street in the
Portland 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
Bardstown Road, 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
U.S. Route 31W; from East Broadway and Baxter to
Bardstown, Kentucky, it is concurrent with
U.S. Route 31E. The route along Baxter Avenue and Bardstown Road follows the former Louisville and Bardstown Turnpike through the
Highlands 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
Bardstown near the
Martha Layne Collins Blue Grass Parkway. U.S. 150 then continues southeast, around the city of
Danville before terminating at
Mount Vernon. ==History==