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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. Image File history File links I-75. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Clarkston, known officially by the somewhat confusing name City of the Village of Clarkston, is a city located within Independence Charter Township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Current U.S. Route shield Current U.S. Route shield in California The system of United States Numbered Highways (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated system of roads and highways in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid. ... This list of U.S. Highways is grouped by the 1- or 2-digit parent highway, although in some cases, a 3 digit highway is totally unrelated to its apparent parent. ... // Types of bannered routes in the United States A bannered highway is an auxiliary route (alternate route, loop, or spur) designated with a banner plate above (or occasionally below) the route shield, or a suffix after the number in the shield of U.S. Highways and state highways The following... Some U.S. Routes are given directional suffixes to indicate a split of the main route - for instance, U.S. Route 25 splits into U.S. Route 25E (east) and U.S. Route 25W (west) between Newport, Tennessee and Corbin, Kentucky, and U.S. Route 9W is an alternate of... The Interstate Highway System and its numbering as approved June 27, 1958; several of these numbers were modified by 1960 This is a list of highways, mostly U.S. Routes, bypassed by Interstate Highways. ... Current U.S. Highway shield The United States Highway System is an integrated system of roads in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid. ... Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac. ... Nickname: Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... Clarkston, known officially by the somewhat confusing name City of the Village of Clarkston, is a city located within Independence Charter Township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Minturn is a town located in Eagle County, Colorado. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio Location of Toledo within Lucas County, 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. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clarkston, known officially by the somewhat confusing name City of the Village of Clarkston, is a city located within Independence Charter Township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Minturn is a town located in Eagle County, Colorado. ... Interstate 70 (abbreviated I-70) is a long interstate highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15 about a mile from Cove Fort, Utah to a Park and Ride in Baltimore, Maryland. ...

Route description

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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. View of Pikes Peak, from Woodland Park Woodland Park is a city in Teller County, Colorado, United States. ... Pikes Peak (formerly Pikes Peak, see below) is a mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, near Colorado Springs, Colorado. ... Official language(s) English Demonym Coloradan Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area Ranked 8th in the US - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 kmÂ²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ... U.S. Route 6 is a main route of the U.S. Highway system, running east-northeast from Bishop, California to Provincetown, Massachusetts. ... Minturn is a town located in Eagle County, Colorado. ... A continental divide is a line of elevated terrain which forms a border between two watersheds such that water falling on one side of the line eventually travels to one ocean or body of water, and water on the other side travels to another, generally on the opposite side of... Summit of Tennessee Pass along U.S. Highway 24, showing the memorial to the 10th Mountain Division Tennessee Pass (elevation 10424 ft) is high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States. ... U.S. Highway 285 is a north-south United States highway. ... View from the summit of Trout Creek Pass, along U.S. Highway 24 and 285, looking eastward over South Park to the Front Range Trout Creek Pass (elevation 9,346 ft) is a mountain pass located in the Rocky Mountains of south-central Colorado in the United States. ... The City of Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. ... Limon is a town in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

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. U.S. Route 40 is an east-west United States highway. ... Mt. ... U.S. Route 40 is an east-west United States highway. ...

Kansas

In Kansas, US-24 enters from Colorado west of Kanorado; it overlaps I-70 for 45 miles (72 km) 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. This article is about the U.S. state. ... Kanorado is a city located in Sherman County, Kansas. ... Advertised as The Oasis on the Plains, Colby is the county seat6 and largest city in Thomas County, Kansas, with a total population of 5,450 as of the 2000 census. ... Nickname: Location in Wyandotte, County in the state of Kansas. ... The Kansas River near De Soto Kaw River (map) looking southward from middle of Turner Diagonal bridge. ... Riley County Courthouse, Manhattan Manhattan is a town located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. ... This article is about the state capital of Kansas. ... Lawrence is a river city in and the seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, 41 miles (66 km) west of Kansas City, along the banks of both the Kansas (Kaw) and Wakarusa Rivers. ...

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. U.S. Route 59 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in parts of Texas). ... Lawrence is a river city in and the seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, 41 miles (66 km) west of Kansas City, along the banks of both the Kansas (Kaw) and Wakarusa Rivers. ... This U.S. Highway article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the WikiProject U.S. Highways. ... Nickname: Location in Wyandotte, County in the state of Kansas. ...

US-24 in Kansas is a violation of AASHTO numbering standards.^{[citation needed]} The highway runs south of US-36, which hugs the Kansas/Nebraska border throughout the state. This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... U.S. Highway 36 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 1,414 miles (2,276 km) from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville, Ohio. ... For other uses, see Nebraska (disambiguation). ...

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. This article is about the U.S. state. ... Nickname: Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... Lexington is a city located in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. ... Waverly is a city located in Lafayette County, Missouri. ... Carrollton is a city located in Carroll County, Missouri. ... Moberly is a city in Randolph County, Missouri, United States. ... Monroe City is a city located in Marion, Monroe, and Ralls County, Missouri. ... West Quincy, Missouri is a small commercial town in northeast Missouri, it borders with the levee and has no population, only business. ... The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ... U.S. Highway 36 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 1,414 miles (2,276 km) from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville, Ohio. ... The Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge, Dubuque, Iowa. ... Palmyra is a city located in Marion County, Missouri. ... The Avenue of the Saints is a 560-mile highway that connects St. ...

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. In the state of Illinois, U.S. Route 24 is a major arterial road that runs from the Missouri state line at the Mississippi River in Quincy to Sheldon. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... The Bayview Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge bringing westbound U.S. Highway 24 over the Mississippi River. ... The Quincy Memorial Bridge is a truss bridge over the Mississippi River in Quincy, Illinois. ... For the river in Canada, see Mississippi River (Ontario). ... : Gem City United States Illinois Adams 14. ... The Bayview Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge bringing westbound U.S. Highway 24 over the Mississippi River. ... For the river in Canada, see Mississippi River (Ontario). ... The Quincy Memorial Bridge is a truss bridge over the Mississippi River in Quincy, Illinois. ...

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. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... : Will it Play in Peoria? United States Illinois Peoria 46. ... For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Motto: Room for Dreams Location in the state of Indiana, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Indiana County Allen French settlement 1680s Founding October 22, 1794 Incorporated (town) 1829 Incorporated (city) February 22, 1840 Founder Jean FranÃ§ois Hamtramck Named for Gen. ... Sheldon is a village located in Iroquois County, Illinois. ...

Indiana

In Indiana, U.S. Route 24 runs east from the Illinois state line to Huntington. At Huntington, U.S. 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 U.S. 24 between Logansport and Toledo, Ohio is part of the Hoosier Heartland Industrial Corridor project of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Huntington is a city in Huntington County, Indiana, United States. ... Nickname: Motto: Room for Dreams Location in the state of Indiana, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Indiana County Allen French settlement 1680s Founding October 22, 1794 Incorporated (town) 1829 Incorporated (city) February 22, 1840 Founder Jean FranÃ§ois Hamtramck Named for Gen. ... Signs indicating a concurrency of Interstate 93, U.S. Route 1, and Massachusetts Route 3 in Boston A concurrency, overlap, coincidence, or commons in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers. ... Interstate 69 just outside Indianapolis near Pendleton, Indiana Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States. ... I-469 serves as a major bypas around Fort Wayne and New Haven, Indiana. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Logansport is the name of some places in the United States of America: Logansport, Indiana Logansport, Louisiana This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio Location of Toledo within Lucas County, Ohio. ... The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240) (ISTEA, pronounced Ice-Tea) posed a major change to transportation planning and policy, as the first US federal legislation on the subject in the post-Interstate Highway System era. ...

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. This article is about the U.S. State. ... Woodburn is a city in Allen County, Indiana, United States. ... Antwerp is a village in Paulding County, Ohio, along the Maumee River. ...

Michigan

In Michigan U.S. Route 24 enters from Toledo, Ohio and serves the city of Monroe and the Detroit Metro Area. This article is about the U.S. State. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio Location of Toledo within Lucas County, Ohio. ... Monroe is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Detroit redirects here. ...

History

Between Dixie Highway in Pontiac, Michigan and Laskey Road in Toledo, Ohio, the highway is known as Telegraph Road (see U.S. Route 24 in Michigan), 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. Dixie Highway in St. ... Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio Location of Toledo within Lucas County, Ohio. ... Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film score composer. ... This article is about the band. ... Telegraph Road is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits and written by Mark Knopfler. ... The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is the metropolitan area located in southeastern Michigan, centered on the city of Detroit. ... For other uses, see Rush hour (disambiguation). ...

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] Detroit redirects here. ... A typical Michigan left setup. ... This article is about stream channelization. ... M-153 is known as Ford Road for nearly its entire length, except for its westernmost portion where it splits from Ford Road and junctions with M-14. ... A typical jughandle setup, with one standard jughandle and one reverse jughandle A jughandle is a type of ramp or slip road that changes the way traffic turns left (when driving on the right). ...

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. Limon is a town in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States. ... Riley County Courthouse, Manhattan Manhattan is a town located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. ... U.S. Route 40 is an east-west United States highway. ...

As Michigan enacted alcohol prohibition earlier than Ohio, for a time this road was notorious for its use by bootleggers, bringing booze from Cincinnati and Cleveland into Detroit.^{[citation needed]} Cincinnati redirects here. ... Cleveland redirects here. ...

Future

In Missouri, with the passage of Proposition 36B, the portion of US 24 that overlaps US 36, from the Rocket Junction 7 miles (11 km) west of Hannibal, Missouri to Monroe City, Missouri, will be upgraded to a 4-lane expressway highway by December 31, 2010. This article is about the U.S. state. ... United States Highway 36 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 1,414 miles (2,276 km) from east-central Ohio to Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. ... Hannibal is a riverfront city of 17,757 (2000 census), located in Marion and Ralls County, Missouri. ... Monroe City is a city located in Marion, Monroe, and Ralls County, Missouri. ...

Fort-to-Port (Ohio/Indiana)

Indiana: Freeway or At-Grade Highway Controversy

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 this meeting that the project name 'Fort to Port' was born. There are no plans to upgrade the entire corridor to Interstate standards at this time, but maps from the 2005 Final EIS show that Indiana will build its portion as a freeway with no at-grade intersections. 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. For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation). ... A typical expressway in Santa Clara County, California. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nickname: Motto: Room for Dreams Location in the state of Indiana, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Indiana County Allen French settlement 1680s Founding October 22, 1794 Incorporated (town) 1829 Incorporated (city) February 22, 1840 Founder Jean FranÃ§ois Hamtramck Named for Gen. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio Location of Toledo within Lucas County, Ohio. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country State County Tippecanoe Townships Fairfield, Wea Platted 1825 Incorporated 1853 Government - Mayor Tony Roswarski Area - City 20. ... New Haven is a city in Jefferson and Adams townships, Allen County, Indiana, United States. ... Mitchell V. Mitch Harper is an American politician from Fort Wayne, Indiana. ... Woodburn is a city in Allen County, Indiana, United States. ... The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) defines standards for Interstate Highways in their publication A Policy on Design Standards - Interstate System. ... For specific systems, such as the Autobahns of Germany, see list of highway systems with full control of access and no cross traffic. ... I-469 serves as a major bypas around Fort Wayne and New Haven, Indiana. ... The parclo interchange (short for partial cloverleaf interchange) is a successor to the cloverleaf interchange. ... Overpass in East Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. Sandgate Flyover, where 2 main railway lines pass over two dedicated coal lines Pedestrian overpass, I-64, St. ...

In November 2007, Indiana announced they would change their segment as an expressway with at-grade intersections at Bruick Road, Webster Road, and SR 101, instead of a freeway section with interchanges and overpasses. The only overpasses would be two narrow (12' wide) overpasses for non-motorized traffic (Amish buggies) to cross US 24. Also, the interchange of I-469 and US 24 would remain as-is with traffic signals at the US 24 ramp terminals. The cost savings without interchanges would be approximately $75-$80 million. Right of way would be purchased for future interchanges. This change has been unpopular due to safety concerns with the heavy truck traffic on the corridor. INDOT claims that the current traffic on US 24 does not justify interchanges, even though the 2005 Final EIS states that it does. This article is about Old Order Amish, but also refers to other Amish sects. ...

Responding to widespread public outcry over the scaled-back design, Governor Mitch Daniels announced on December 12, 2007, that US-24 will be built as a freeway from Bruick Road to the Ohio state line, with interchanges at SR-101 and Webster Road. ^[4] Construction is expected to begin on the first section between the Ohio state line and SR-101 in the spring of 2008. The entire 13.5-mile (21.7 km) segment is slated for completion in 2012. The intersection with Bruick Road will initially be an at-grade crossing, and the upgraded US-24 will tie into the existing intersection with I-469. Excess land will be acquired to eventually convert the Bruick Road intersection to an intechange and construct flyover ramps to I-469 when future funding becomes available. Mitchell Elias Mitch Daniels, Jr. ...

Governor Daniels and INDOT held the groundbreaking ceremony for the Indiana section on April 30, 2008.

Ohio

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 (35 km) 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. Every intersection with a state or US highway on US 24 from the Indiana State Line to I-475 at Toledo will be an interchange. In accordance with the 2005 Final EIS, US-24 from the Ohio/Indiana state line to I-469 in New Haven will be constructed as an interstate-quality freeway. Interchanges are planned for Bruick Road, Webster Road, and SR-101.^[5] Napoleon is a city located in Henry County, Ohio, United States, along the Maumee River. ... Interstate 475 is the designation of several Interstate Highways in the United States, all of which are related to Interstate 75: Interstate 475 (Georgia), a bypass of Macon, Georgia. ... Waterville is a village located in Lucas County, Ohio. ... New Haven is a city in Jefferson and Adams townships, Allen County, Indiana, United States. ... State Road 101 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a north-south state highway in the eastern portion of Indiana. ...

See also

Related U.S. Routes

U.S. Route 124 (US-124) was a federal route that was commissioned from 1926 to 1938, and was located in Illinois, running from Peoria through Biggsville. ... U.S. Highway 224 is a spur of U.S. Highway 24. ...

Bannered and suffixed routes

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References

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External links

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U.S. Route 34 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 1,122 miles (1,806 km) from the western suburbs of Chicago to north-central Colorado. ... ... U.S. Highway 36 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 1,414 miles (2,276 km) from east-central Ohio to Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. ... U.S. Highway 37 was a proposal for a north-south U.S. Highway put forth by AASHO between 1934 and 1944. ... U.S. Route 6 is a main route of the U.S. Highway system, running east-northeast from Bishop, California to Provincetown, Massachusetts. ... U.S. Route 40 is an east-west United States highway. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: U.S. Route 41 U.S. Route 41 is a north-south United States Highway that runs from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Miami, Florida. ... United States Highway 42 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 355 miles from Cleveland, Ohio to Louisville, Kentucky. ... U.S. Highway 43 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 410 miles (649 km) from central Tennessee to Mobile, Alabama. ... U.S. Highway 44 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 238 miles (383 km) from Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Hudson Valley region of New York. ... U.S. Highway 45 is a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Route 46 is an east-west U.S. Highway, running 75. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... US 49 is a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Route 50 is a major east-west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over 3000 miles (4800 km) from West Sacramento, California east to Ocean City, Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean. ... U.S. Highway 51 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,286 miles (2,070 km) from northern Wisconsin to the western suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana. ... U.S. Highway 52 is an unusual United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 53 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 403 miles (649 km) from northern Minnesota to La Crosse, Wisconsin. ... U.S. Route 54 is an east-west United States highway that runs northeast-southwest for 1,197 miles (1,926 km) from western Illinois to El Paso, Texas. ... U.S. Highway 55 was a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 56 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 640 miles from Kansas City, Missouri to northern New Mexico. ... U.S. Highway 57 is a north-south United States highway that follows a nearly east-west route in southwest Texas. ... U.S. Highway 58 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 508 miles (818 km) from Virginia Beach, Virginia to northeast Tennessee. ... U.S. Route 59 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in parts of Texas). ... U.S. Route 60 is an east-west United States highway, running 2,670 miles (4,300 km) from Virginia to Arizona. ... U.S. Route 61 is the official designation for a United States highway that runs 1,400 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana, to the city of Wyoming, Minnesota. ... U.S. Route 62 runs from the US-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas, all the way to Niagara Falls, New York, near the United States-Canada border. ... U.S. Route 63 is a 1,286 mile (2,070 km) long north-south United States highway in the Midwestern United States. ... U.S. Highway 64 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,326 miles (3,743 km) from eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. ... U.S. Highway 65 is a north-south United States highway stretching from Albert Lea, Minnesota to Natchez, Mississippi. ... Route 66 redirects here. ... U.S. Route 67 extends from the highways northern terminus in Sabula, Iowa at the intersection with U.S. Route 52 to its southern terminus in Presidio, Texas, at the Rio Grande - the United Statesâ€“Mexico border. ... U.S. Highway 68 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 560 miles (901 km) from northwest Ohio to western Kentucky. ... U.S. Route 69 is a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Route 70 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 2,385 miles (3,838 km) from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. ... U.S. Highway 71 is a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 72 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 337 miles (542 km) from southeast Tennessee through northern Alabama and northern Mississippi to southwest Tennessee. ... U.S. Highway 73 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 112 miles (180 km) from southeast Nebraska to northeast Kansas. ... U.S. Highway 74 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 524 miles (843 km) from Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina to Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... U.S. Route 75 is a north-south U.S. Highway. ... U.S. Highway 76 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 548 miles (882 km) from southeast North Carolina to Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... U.S. Route 77 is a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 78 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 715 miles (1,151 km) from Memphis, Tennessee, to Charleston, South Carolina. ... U.S. Highway 79 is a north-south United States highway. ... A section of old U.S. Route 80 west of Descanso Junction, California that is now closed to vehicular traffic. ... U.S. Highway 81 is a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 82 is an east-west United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 83 is one of the longest north-south U.S. Highways in the United States, at 1885 miles. ... U.S. Highway 84 is an east-west United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 85 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,479 miles (2,380 km) from the Canadian border in North Dakota to the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas. ... U.S. Highway 87 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in New Mexico) that runs for 1,998 miles (3,215 km) from northern Montana to southern Texas. ... U.S. Route 89 is a north-south United States highway with two sections. ... U.S. Route 90 is an east-west United States highway. ... U.S. Route 91 is a north-south United States highway. ... This U.S. Highway article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the WikiProject U.S. Highways. ... U.S. Route 93 is a major north-south United States highway in the Western United States. ... Alligators are a common sight along the scenic Tamiami Trail from Miami to Naples. ... U.S. Route 95 is a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 96 is a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 97 is a major north-south United States highway in the western United States. ... U.S. Route 98 is an east-west United States highway that runs from southern Florida to western Mississippi. ... Ã™ U.S. Route 99 was the main north-south highway on the West Coast of the United States until 1964, running from Calexico, California on the U.S.-Mexico border to Blaine, Washington on the U.S.-Canada border. ... Highway 101 redirects here. ... U.S. Highway 163 near Monument Valley, Utah U.S. Highway 163 is a U.S. Highway that runs through Utah and Arizona. ... US 400 is an east-west U.S. Highway. ... It has been suggested that Arkansas State Highway 68 be merged into this article or section. ... US 425 is a north-south United States highway. ... This list of U.S. Highways is grouped by the 1- or 2-digit parent highway, although in some cases, a 3 digit highway is totally unrelated to its apparent parent. ... // Types of bannered routes in the United States A bannered highway is an auxiliary route (alternate route, loop, or spur) designated with a banner plate above (or occasionally below) the route shield, or a suffix after the number in the shield of U.S. Highways and state highways The following... Some U.S. Routes are given directional suffixes to indicate a split of the main route - for instance, U.S. Route 25 splits into U.S. Route 25E (east) and U.S. Route 25W (west) between Newport, Tennessee and Corbin, Kentucky, and U.S. Route 9W is an alternate of... The Interstate Highway System and its numbering as approved June 27, 1958; several of these numbers were modified by 1960 This is a list of highways, mostly U.S. Routes, bypassed by Interstate Highways. ... Signage used for Colorado SH. The top half is the flag of Colorado. ... In the U.S. state of Colorado, Interstate 25 follows the north-south corridor through Colorado Springs and Denver. ... Image File history File links I-25. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Kansas state highways are typically abbreviated with the letter K prefixed to the number, e. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links MO-23. ... Route 23 is a highway in central Missouri. ... State highways in Missouri were first designated in 1922 and Missouris system was used (along with Wisconsins) as a plan for the entire U.S. Highway System which was created in 1926. ... Route 25 is a highway in southeastern Missouri. ... Image File history File links I-24. ... In the U.S. state of Illinois, Interstate 24 is a remote, four-lane freeway that travels through hilly rural southern Illinois and the Shawnee National Forest. ... The organized system of Illinois Routes (typically abbreviated as ILL), the state highway system for the U.S. state of Illinois, was created in 1918 with the first State Bond Issue (SBI) Routes, 1 thru 46. ... State Roads in the US state of Indiana are numbered rationally: in general, odd one-digit and two-digit highways are north-south highways, numbers increasing toward the west; even one-digit and two-digit highways are east-west highways, numbers increasing toward the south. ... State Road 25 in Americus. ... Image File history File links Indiana_25. ... Image File history File links M-23. ... M-23 was an early designation (from the 1910s) for the east-west highway in southern Michigan that became US 112 when the US Highway system came into existence in the mid-1920s. ... This is a map of highways in the state of Michigan, however not all highways are in the map, nor are they all totally accurate. ... Michigan State Highway 24, or M-24, is a highway that extends 74. ... Image File history File links M-24. ...

Contents

Colorado

Kansas

Missouri

Illinois

Indiana

Ohio

Michigan

History

Future

Fort-to-Port (Ohio/Indiana)

Indiana: Freeway or At-Grade Highway Controversy

Ohio

See also

Related U.S. Routes

Bannered and suffixed routes

References

External links