History
US 50 was first signed 1917 as Main to Market Highway number Five, from Illinois state line to Mitchell. East of Mitchell to the Ohio state line it was Main Market Highway number Four. The number US 50 was given to this route when the United States Numbered Highway System began in 1926.
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