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Colorado , viewed from the
Pikes Peak Highway In
Colorado, US 24 begins at the interchange of I-70 and
US 6 (exit 171) near
Minturn. From this interchange, US 24 proceeds southeast through Minturn and continues south to the
Continental Divide at
Tennessee Pass. It continues south to
Johnson Village and then joins with
US 285 northbound to
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 U.S. Numbered Highway System was started in 1926, US 24 in Colorado was designated
US 40S. It began in
Grand Junction and went east along the current I-70 corridor to Minturn, from which it followed the current route to Limon. From Limon east to the Kansas border, the current US 24 was designated
US 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 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
Kansas City. On December 1, 2008, US 24 was rerouted southward on
US 73 to I-70 west of Kansas City, continuing east on I-70 on the final in Kansas. US 24 serves
Manhattan, as well as the northern sides of
Topeka and
Lawrence. The original designation for the current US 24 route in Kansas was
US 40N. It went from the Colorado border to Manhattan. In 1936, US 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 northern Lawrence called Teepee Junction. From there, it is merged with
US 40 until Kansas City.
Missouri In
Missouri, US 24 serves
Kansas City,
Independence,
Buckner,
Lexington,
Waverly,
Carrollton,
Keytesville,
Moberly,
Madison,
Monroe City,
Palmyra, and
West Quincy. It runs concurrently with
US 65 between Waverly and Carrollton, passing over the
Missouri River via the
Waverly Bridge when concurrent. After becoming a two-lane road, it is then concurrent with
Route 5 in Keytesville (where it is called Jackson Street) and then passes by the city of
Huntsville before turning into a four-lane highway and crossing
US 63 at Moberly. It is finally concurrent (for the third time) with
US 36 east of Monroe City and with
US 61 from south of
Palmyra to West Quincy. The segment shared with US 61 is part of the
Avenue of the Saints. Along the route within Independence is the
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum.
Illinois Crossing into
Illinois, US 24 uses the pairing of the cable-stayed
Bayview Bridge (westbound) and the older
Quincy Memorial Bridge (eastbound) over the
Mississippi River in
Quincy. , it is the main arterial highway from Quincy northeast to
Peoria. Between these two cities, the highway follows the old Peoria to Quincy stage coach route. US 24 travels onto the
Shade–Lohmann Bridge on
I-474 to bypass Peoria, and it gets off at exit 9. In
East Peoria, US 24 forms a
wrong-way concurrency with
Illinois Route 116 and
US 150 as it parallels the
Illinois River. From East Peoria, US 24 runs directly east (parallel to the
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway) through a number of small towns en route to
Indiana. US 24 crosses into Indiana at the state line east of
Sheldon.
Indiana In
Indiana, US 24 runs east from the
Illinois state line to
Huntington. At Huntington, US 24 turns northeast and runs to
Fort Wayne; it then overlaps
I-69 and
I-469 to bypass the city before entering
Ohio at the state line east 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 From Fort Wayne, US 24 follows the path of the Maumee River toward Toledo. 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. Between Napoleon and Toledo, modern US 24 lies north of the Maumee River as a highway built to
Interstate Highway standards. Just north of Waterville is the site of the Battle of Fallen Timbers of 1794. General Anthony Wayne after constructing a trail from Fort Wayne to (Fort) Defiance, fought and defeated a Native American consortium, thus opening northern Ohio to white settlement. At a point on Toledo's north side, US 24 veers from northeast–southwest to true north–south, turning on to Telegraph Road, while Detroit Avenue continues as a city street that connects to
M-125 (Dixie Highway) at the Michigan border. The path through Toledo of US 24 follows the course of old US 25, old US 25 being farther away from the course of north–south I-75. Partially truncated as a state route, what had been US 24 was renumbered as
State Route 25 where it remained a state highway, and US 25 in greater Toledo became US 24.
Michigan In
Michigan, US 24 enters from
Toledo, Ohio, and serves the city of
Monroe and
Metro Detroit, where it is known as
Telegraph Road. It continues north through the western edge of Detroit. It passes through Michigan's "mixing bowl", which is where
I-696 (Walter P. Reuther Freeway),
M-10 (John C. Lodge Freeway/Northwestern Highway), and Lahser Road intersect. US 24 continues north along Telegraph Road as the border between
Waterford and
Pontiac until its intersection with Dixie Highway where it travels to the northwest until its termination at
I-75 in
Independence Township. ==History==