History
U.S. Route 168 was created in 1926 from Louisville to Mount Vernon, Kentucky, overlapping US 68 between Bardstown and Perryville. In 1934, US 150 absorbed US 168.
Illinois Route 39 ran from Bloomington to Champaign on the current routing of U.S. 150.
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