Illinois Route 250

Infobox Illinois state route
article_route = 250
length_mi = 33.44
length_round = 2
length_ref = cite web |author=Illinois Technology Transfer Center |url=http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html |title=T2 GIS Data |accessdate=2007-11-08 |date=2006]
direction = East-west
starting_terminus =
ending_terminus =
counties = Richland, Lawrence
cities = Olney, Sumner
established = 1965Carlson, Rich. [http://www.n9jig.com/203-up.html Illinois Highways Page: Routes 203 and up] . Last updated April 15, 2005. Retrieved April 15, 2006.]
prev_route = 242
next_route = 251
see_also =

Illinois Route 250 is an east-west state highway in southeastern Illinois. It is similar to Illinois Route 251 in that portions of the highway replace former alignments of U.S. Route 50. Illinois 250 has its western terminus west of the city limits of Noble and its eastern terminus at Business U.S. Route 50 in Lawrenceville. This is a distance of convert|33.44|mi|km|2.

Route description

Illinois 250 serves the downtown areas of five population centers in southeast Illinois: Noble, Olney, Sumner, Bridgeport and Lawrenceville; the largest of these centers isOlney with 8,631 people as of the year 2000. Both Lawrenceville and Olney are county seats of Lawrence and Richland counties, respectively. All of the population centers are feeder cities to Vincennes, which has a population of 18,071 and is the commercial center of the region.

History

U.S. Route 50 was upgraded to a divided highway in this area (portions of which were limited-access highway) from the mid 1960s into the 1970s. Illinois 250 has been used to designate the U.S. Route 50 business routes into these cities since 1965.

Major intersections

Illinois 250 has intersections with the other numbered highways in the following cities:

*Olney — Illinois Route 130
*Lawrenceville — Illinois Route 1

In addition, it overlaps U.S. 50 between Olney and Sumner, a distance of 10 miles (16 km).

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