Texas State Highway 24
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State Highway 24 highlighted in red | ||||||||||
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| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||||||||
| Length: | 31.18 mi[1] (50.17 km) | |||||||||
| Existed: | c. July 6, 1917[2] – present | |||||||||
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| South end: |
  I-30/US 67 near Campbell | |||||||||
| North end: |
     BUS US 82/BUS US 271/SH 19 in Paris | |||||||||
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| Counties: | Hunt, Delta, Lamar | |||||||||
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State Highway 24, or SH 24, runs from Campbell to Paris in north Texas. It is a portion of the main route, along with Interstate 30, from Paris to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
History
When the Texas State Highway System was first laid out, SH 24 was defined as traveling along the Old Southern Trail, from Burkburnett through Wichita Falls, Archer City, Throckmorton, Albany, Baird, Mason, Fredericksburg, Boerne, San Antonio and Laredo.[2] In 1917, SH 24 was designated from Denton to Whitesboro. The historic routing of SH 24 was one of the 26 original Texas state highways. By 1926, the routing had changed substantially. The original Denton to Whitesboro route was reassigned as SH 10. Portions of the former SH 22 (Graham to Olney) and SH 28 (Olney to Benjamin) were then reassigned as SH 24, which was now planned to reach from Jacksboro to Guthrie. By 1928, The highway extended south from Jacksboro to Mineral Wells, replacing a portion of the former SH 25. By 1931, the road from Jacksboro to Mineral Wells was transferred to SH 66. It was rerouted northeast to Paris, replacing SH 39, and west to New Mexico, replacing most of SH 53. But by 1939, this extended western plan had been dropped and the highway was rerouted west of Newcastle over SH 120 from Newcastle to Old Glory.
In 1968, the portion between Jacksboro and Bridgeport was rerouted south of Lake Bridgeport, replacing State Highway 824, which was an alternate route designated in 1964.
In 1971, the portions west of Greenville (Greenville to Seymour) were removed from SH 24 and assigned to U.S. Highway 380. Later, in 1979, the part of SH 24 southwest of Commerce was moved to a different highway (replaced between Commerce and Greenville with SH 224), making it concurrent with SH 50 down to Campbell, which shortened SH 24 to its present form. In 2009, SH 50's concurrency with SH 24 was removed.[3]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[4] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Hunt | | 0.000– 0.089 | 0.000– 0.143 | I-30 / US 67 – Greenville, Cumby | Southern terminus. Exit 101 on I-30/US 67 |
| Campbell | 0.350 | 0.563 |  FM 499 – Greenville | Southern end of FM 499 concurrency | |
| 2.307 | 3.713 | FM 499 | Northern terminus of FM 499 concurrency | ||
| 3.306 | 5.320 |  FM 513 | Northern terminus of FM 513 | ||
| | 4.875 | 7.846 |  FM 2736 – Neylandville | Eastern terminus of FM 2736 | |
| | 7.397 | 11.904 |  FM 1568 | Northern terminus of FM 1568 | |
| Commerce | 9.416 | 15.154 |   SH 11 (Culver Street) / Loop 178 | Southern terminus of SH 11 concurrency | |
| 10.102 | 16.258 |  Bus. SH 224 (Live Oak Street) | |||
| 10.495 | 16.890 | SH 224 – Greenville | |||
| 10.613 | 17.080 | Southern end of freeway | |||
| 10.769– 11.418 | 17.331– 18.375 |  SH 11 / Bus. SH 11 – Fairlie | Interchange. Northern terminus of TX 11 concurrency | ||
| 12.313 | 19.816 | Northern end of freeway | |||
| 12.320 | 19.827 |  SH 50 / SH 224 – Ladonia, Greenville | Southern terminus of TX 50 Eastern terminus of TX 224 | ||
| Delta | | 14.832 | 23.870 |  FM 904 (County Line Road) | Southern terminus of FM 904 |
| | 16.351 | 26.314 |  FM 3132 | Southern terminus of FM 3132 | |
| | 17.505 | 28.172 |  FM 1531 | Southern terminus of FM 1531 | |
| West Delta | 18.669 | 30.045 |  FM 2890 | Western terminus of FM 3132 | |
| Klondike | 19.996– 20.184 | 32.180– 32.483 |  FM 1528 | Short concurrency with FM 1528 | |
| Cooper | 24.130 | 38.833 |   SH 154 (Dallas Avenue) / Bus. SH 24 | Western terminus of TX 154/Bus TX 24 | |
| 24.465 | 39.373 |  FM 64 | |||
| 25.498 | 41.035 | Bus. SH 24 (1st Street) | Northern terminus of Bus TX 24 | ||
| | 25.852 | 41.605 |  FM 128 | Southern terminus of FM 128 | |
| | 27.878 | 44.865 |  FM 2949 | Southern terminus of FM 2949 | |
| | 28.731 | 46.238 |  FM 2716 | Northern terminus of FM 3132 | |
| | 31.906 | 51.348 | SH 19 – Tira | Southern terminus of TX 19 concurrency | |
| | 32.554 | 52.391 |  FM 198 – Lake Creek | ||
| | 33.194 | 53.421 |  FM 1335 | Northern terminus of FM 1335 | |
| Lamar | Broadway Junction | 37.701 | 60.674 |  FM 1184 | |
| | 41.200 | 66.305 |  FM 2036 | Eastern terminus of FM 2036 | |
| Paris | 45.511– 45.625 | 73.243– 73.426 |  Loop 286 | Interchange with Loop 286 | |
| 46.156 | 74.281 |  FM 1497 (3rd Street) | Northern terminus of FM 1497 | ||
| 46.540 | 74.899 |  FM 1507 (New Jefferson Street) | Western terminus of FM 1507 | ||
| 47.771 | 76.880 | Bus. US 82 (Bonham Street) | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 24". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- 1 2 Staff writer (July 6, 1917). "Highway Commission Adopts 25 Highways". Commerce Journal. p. 1. OCLC 14198271. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
- ↑ Texas Transportation Commission (September 24, 2009). "Minute Order 111994" (PDF). TxDOT September 2009 meeting. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
- ↑ Statewide Planning Map (Map). Cartography by Transportation Planning and Programming Division. Texas Department of Transportation. 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2013.