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EspañolU.S. ROUTE 24
'U.S. Route 24', a dual north-south/east-west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926.[2] It originally ran from Pontiac, Michigan, in the east to Kansas City, Missouri, in the west; today, it runs from Clarkston, Michigan, to Minturn, Colorado. The transition from north-south to east-west signage is in Toledo, Ohio.
As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is west of Clarkston, Michigan, at an intersection with I-75. Its western terminus is near Minturn, Colorado at an intersection with I-70.
| Contents |
| Route description |
| Colorado |
| Kansas |
| Missouri |
| Illinois |
| Indiana |
| Ohio |
| Michigan |
| History |
| Future |
| Fort-to-Port (Ohio/Indiana) |
| See also |
| Related U.S. Routes |
| Bannered and suffixed routes |
| References |
| External links |
Route description
Colorado
Main articles: U.S. Route 24 in Colorado
In Colorado, US 24 runs from Interstate 70 (and implicitly, U.S. Route 6) at Minturn south to the Continental Divide at Tennessee Pass. It continues south to Johnson Village and then joins with U.S. Route 285 northbound to the Trout Creek Pass. After the pass, US 24 separates from US 285 and continues east to Colorado Springs and then northeast to Limon, where US 24 joins I-70 for most of the rest of its routing to the Kansas state line.
When the United States Highway System was started in 1926, US 24 in Colorado was designated U.S. Route 40S. It began in Grand Junction and went east along the current Interstate 70 corridor to Minturn, from which it follows the current route to Limon. From Limon east to the Kansas border, the current US 24 was designated U.S. Route 40N. US 40S west of Limon and US 40N east of Limon received the US 24 designation in 1936, when US 24 was extended west from Kansas City, Missouri. The segment between Grand Junction and Minturn was decommissioned in 1975.
Kansas
Main articles: U.S. Route 24 in Kansas
In Kansas, US 24 enters from Colorado west of Kanorado; it overlaps I-70 for to Colby. US 24 does not meet I-70 again until the Kansas City, Kansas bridge over the Kansas River. US 24 serves the northern sides of Manhattan, Topeka and Lawrence.
The original designation for the current US 24 route in Kansas was U.S. Route 40N. It went from the Colorado border to Manhattan. In 1936, U.S. Route 24 received its current designation after an extension west from Kansas City.
In Kansas, US-24 is merged with US-59 from Williamstown to a place in North Lawrence called Teepee Junction. From there it is merged with US-40 until Kansas City, Kansas.
US 24 in Kansas is a violation of AASHTO numbering standards. The highway runs south of US 36, which hugs the Kansas/Nebraska throughout the state.
Missouri
In Missouri, US 24 serves Kansas City, Independence, Lexington, Waverly, Carrollton, Moberly, Monroe City and West Quincy. It is concurrent with U.S. Route 65 between Waverly and Carrollton, passing over the Missouri River via the Waverly Bridge when concurrent. It is also concurrent with U.S. Route 36 east of Monroe City and with U.S. Route 61 from south of Palmyra to West Quincy. The segment shared with US 61 is part of the Avenue of the Saints.
Illinois
Main articles: U.S. Route 24 in Illinois
In Illinois, U.S. Route 24 runs west across the Quincy Bayview Bridge and east across the Quincy Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River in Quincy. The cable-stayed Bayview Bridge brings westbound US 24 over the Mississippi River. Eastbound traffic is served by the older Quincy Memorial Bridge.
As of 2006, it is the main arterial highway from Quincy northeast to Peoria. From Peoria, US 24 runs directly east through a number of small towns en route to Indiana and Fort Wayne, Indiana, the next major metropolitan center. US 24 crosses into Indiana at the state line east of Sheldon.
Indiana
Main articles: U.S. Route 24 in Indiana
In Indiana, U.S. Route 24 runs east from the Illinois state line to Huntington. At Huntington, US 24 turns northeast and runs to Fort Wayne it then overlaps Interstate 69 and Interstate 469 to bypass the city before entering Ohio at the state line northeast of Fort Wayne. The segment of US 24 between Logansport and Toledo, Ohio is part of the Hoosier Heartland Industrial Corridor project of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act.
Ohio
In Ohio the roadway enters the state east of Woodburn, Indiana near Antwerp. Between the Indiana state line and Toledo, this portion of the roadway is known as the Fort to Port segment of the Hoosier Heartland Industrial Corridor. At Toledo, US 24 turns north until it crosses the Michigan state line. At the municipal level, US 24 is known as "Detroit Avenue" on most of its path through Toledo, at the point where it turns north it becomes known as "Telegraph Road." It is known as Telegraph road from this point on, through the rest of the path north through Michigan until its northern terminus.
Michigan
Main articles: U.S. Route 24 in Michigan
In Michigan U.S. Route 24 enters from Toledo, Ohio and serves the city of Monroe and the Detroit Metro Area.
History
Between Dixie Highway in Pontiac, Michigan and Laskey Road in Toledo, Ohio, the highway is known as ''Telegraph Road'' (Main article), its name before the highway system existed. Mark Knopfler of the pop group Dire Straits wrote the song "Telegraph Road", about the development and decay of the road, which he spotted en route to a concert. It is a major surface route through western areas of Metro Detroit. The highway has 8 lanes and is often busy, particularly during rush hour.
US 24 (Telegraph Road) west of Detroit, Michigan served as a testing ground for the Michigan Left. Several other channelization techniques are also used; for instance the M-153 (Ford Road) intersection includes a southbound jughandle and a cutoff for northbound left-turning traffic. [3]
US 24 from Minturn, Colorado to Limon, Colorado is a former route of U.S. Route 40S. Between Limon and Manhattan, Kansas, US 24 follows the old route of US 40N.
As Michigan enacted alcohol prohibition earlier than Ohio, for a time this road was notorious for its use by bootlegers, bringing booze from Cincinnati and Cleveland into Detroit.
Future
In Missouri, with the passage of Proposition 36B, the portion of US 24 that overlaps US 36, from the Rocket Junction west of Hannibal, Missouri to Monroe City, Missouri, will be upgraded to a 4-lane expressway highway by December 31, 2010.
Fort-to-Port (Ohio/Indiana)
Major upgrades have taken place throughout much of Indiana where US 24 comprises most of a High Priority Corridor and has been recently upgraded from a two-lane highway to a four-lane at-grade expressway from Logansport to Fort Wayne. Further upgrades are planned for this corridor: US 24 from Fort Wayne to Toledo, Ohio and Indiana 25 from Logansport, Indiana to Lafayette, Indiana will be upgraded to similar standards. The grass roots effort to improve the section from New Haven, Indiana (Fort Wayne) to Toledo started from a meeting organized by Indiana State Representative Mitch Harper in 1989 at Woodburn, Indiana. It was at the meeting that the project name 'Fort to Port' was born. There are no plans to upgrade it to Interstate standards at this time, but Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels indicated that his state's portion of US-24 between Fort Wayne and the Ohio state line will be designed so it can easily be upgraded to a full freeway in the future when traffic demand warrants an interstate-quality highway. The most complex and expensive portion of the Indiana segment is reconstructing the interchange with Interstate 469 east of Fort Wayne. The existing parclo interchange will be reconfigured with flyover ramps to allow high-speed movement of traffic through the interchange.
Originally Ohio planned to upgrade US-24 between the Indiana state line and Toledo as a 4-lane highway with some at-grade crossings. In 2005, it was announced that the 22-mile segment between Napoleon and Interstate 475 near Waterville will be built as a freeway. The remaining Ohio segments fron Napoleon to Indiana will follow the original plan, containing both at-grade and grade-separated intersections.
See also
Related U.S. Routes
★ ''U.S. Highway 124''
★ U.S. Highway 224
Bannered and suffixed routes
★ ''U.S. Route 24 Alternate from Toledo to Detroit
References
1. Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 29 April 2006.
2. End of U.S. highway 24. ''mapguy''. URL accessed 29 April 2006.
3. aerial photo
External links
★ Fort to Port: First Person
★ Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor
★ Michigan US-24 endpoint photos
★ Illinois Highway Ends: US-24
★ Indiana Highway Ends: US-24
★ Info on Ohio re-alignment of US-24 from ODOT
★ Live webcam view of US Hwy 24 from Woodland Park, Colorado
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