U.S. Route 24 in Ohio

U.S. Route 24
US 24 highlighted in red across northwestern Ohio
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length:	83.33 mi[1] (134.11 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US 24 near Antwerp
	US 127 near Cecil US 6 near Napoleon I‑475 / US 23 in Maumee US 20 in Maumee I‑75 in Toledo
East end:	US 24 in Toledo
Location
Counties:	Paulding, Defiance, Henry, Lucas
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← US 23 SR 25 →

U.S. Route 24 (US 24) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs from Minturn, Colorado, to Independence Township, Michigan. In Ohio, it is a limited-access route for much of its length, from the Ohio-Indiana border to Maumee. From there northeasterly to the Michigan-Ohio border in Toledo, it is a surface highway.

Route description

From the Indiana state line easterly to Interstate 475 (I-475) in the city of Maumee, US 24 is a limited-access divided highway which mostly has interchanges, but features intersections with select county roads. The route continues northeasterly through downtown Maumee and the western side of Toledo, continuing to the Michigan–Ohio border. At this point, the route continues northerly into Michigan as a north-south highway.

History

Upgrades to the route around Napoleon began in 2008. This included the construction of a new route from east of Napoleon to north of Waterville, bypassing the original routing of the highway. This rerouting was done to " alleviate safety concerns caused by the mixture of truck traffic and residential travel" along US 24's former routing.^[2] New alignments west of Defiance through to Interstate 469 in Fort Wayne, Indiana were also built in the late 2000s.^[3] The conversion to an expresway, first proposed in 1969, was made due to the high number of road accidents along the old alignment, which comprised only two lanes and was frequently used by tractor trailers.^[4]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Paulding	Carryall Township	0.00	0.00		US 24 west – Fort Wayne	Continuation into Indiana
	Crane Township	3.32– 4.18	5.34– 6.73	3	SR 49 – Antwerp, Payne
	Emerald Township	12.38– 13.19	19.92– 21.23	13	US 127 – Sherwood, Paulding, Cecil
Defiance	Defiance	22.47– 22.96	36.16– 36.95	22	Baltimore Street
		24.97– 25.44	40.19– 40.94	25	SR 15 / SR 18 – Bryan, Defiance
		25.90– 26.41	41.68– 42.50	26	SR 66 – Archbold, Defiance
		27.78– 28.60	44.71– 46.03	28	SR 281 (Domersville Road)
Henry	Napoleon Township	38.83– 39.32	62.49– 63.28	39	US 6 west / Woodlawn Avenue – Kendallville, Chicago, Napoleon	Western end of US 6 concurrency
		40.10– 40.34	64.53– 64.92	40	SR 108 – Wauseon, Napoleon
	Liberty Township	41.38– 41.90	66.59– 67.43	41	Industrial Drive
		43.64	70.23	43	US 6 east to SR 110 – Bowling Green	Eastern end of US 6 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		46.54– 47.16	74.90– 75.90	47	SR 109 – Liberty Center, Malinta
Lucas	Providence Township	56.91– 57.39	91.59– 92.36	57	SR 295 – Whitehouse, Grand Rapids
	Waterville Township	62.81– 63.32	101.08– 101.90	63	SR 64 – Whitehouse, Waterville
	Waterville–Monclova township line	65.62– 66.09	105.61– 106.36	66	CR 53 west – Waterville	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Maumee	66.49– 66.93	107.01– 107.71	67	Fallen Timbers Lane	Access to The Shops at Fallen Timbers
		67.65– 68.26	108.87– 109.85	68	I‑475 / US 23 – Dayton, Ann Arbor	Signed as 68A (south) and 68B (north); exit 4 on I-475
				Eastern end of expressway
		69.77	112.28		US 20 / SR 25 south (Conant Street) to I‑80 / I‑90 / Ohio Turnpike	Southern end of SR 25 concurrency
	Maumee–Toledo city line	72.14	116.10		SR 25 north (Anthony Wayne Trail) / South Detroit Avenue	Northern end of SR 25 concurrency
	Toledo	75.80	121.99		SR 2 (Airport Highway)
		77.48	124.69		SR 246 (Dorr Street)
		78.37	126.12		SR 51 (Monroe Street)
		78.54– 78.65	126.40– 126.57		I‑75 – Detroit, Dayton	Exit 203B on I-75
		79.42	127.81		SR 120 (Central Avenue)
		82.76	133.19		SR 184 (Alexis Avenue)
		83.33	134.11		US 24 north (Telegraph Road) – Detroit	Continuation into Michigan
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

1. "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. July 16, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
   • Paulding County
   • Defiance County
   • Henry County
   • Lucas County
2. Staff. "U.S. Route 24—Fort to Port: Napoleon to Toledo, Ohio". Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
3. Staff. "U.S. Route 24—Fort to Port Realignment/Expansion". Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
4. Patch, David (August 29, 2012). "Expanded US  24 Open Today After Decades of Struggle 200 Gather near Waterville to Celebrate Fort to Port Project". The Blade (Toledo, OH). Retrieved September 11, 2014.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• U.S. Route 24 Realignment/Expansion ODOT website