US Highway 150

From the End of US Highway site.

US-150 was one of the original US Highways as set down in 1926, but it was considerably shorter than its current 571 mile length, just 60 miles between Shoals, Indiana to New Albany, Indiana (outside of Louisville).

From 1934-1977 it ran between Mount Vernon, Kentucky and Rock Island, Illinois. In 1977, it was extended to Moline, Illinois (next to Rock Island). This is the current route.

From Wikipedia.

US-150 runs from the Quad Cities airport at US-6 in Moline (where we spent a night at a motel once) 267 miles closely paralleling I-74 to the Indiana border near Vincennes.

In Indiana, it runs from Vincennes to New Albany, across the Ohio River from Louisville (and those Hot Brown sandwiches). It follows the Buffalo Trace across the whole state. This was a path from Kentucky to Illinois created by millions of bison back in the really old days.

In Kentucky, it goes through Louisville and then to Bardstown. It is aligned with US-31E part of the way.

Looks like I'll have to drive the rest of the Illinois segment later this fall.

Highway 150 Here I Come. --RoadDog