Minnesota State Highway 24

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Trunk Highway 24

Length:

47.832 mi^[1] (76.978 km)

Formed:

1933^[2]

South end:

US-12, MN-22 at Litchfield

North end:

US-10 at Clear Lake

Major cities:

Annandale
Litchfield

Minnesota State Highways
< TH 23		TH 25 >

Minnesota State Highway 24 is a highway in west-central and east-central Minnesota, which runs from U.S. Highway 12 and Minnesota State Highway 22 in Litchfield to U.S. Highway 10 in Clear Lake.

For part of its route (5 miles), Highway 24 runs together with Minnesota Highway 15 between Kingston Township, and Kimball.

Highway 24 also runs together with Minnesota Highway 55 for 9 miles between Kimball and Annandale.

Minnesota Highway 24 is 47 miles in length and passes through the communities of:

1 Notes
2 History
3 Miscellanea
4 Major Intersections
5 References

[edit] Notes

Minnesota Highway 24 serves as a northeast-southwest route between Litchfield, Kimball, Annandale, Clearwater, and Clear Lake in west-central and east-central Minnesota.

Minnesota Highway 24 passes through the counties of:

Highway 24 crosses the Highway 24 Bridge at the Mississippi River between Clearwater and Clear Lake.

[edit] History

Highway 24 was authorized in 1933.

From 1934 to 1963, Highway 24 only ran between Litchfield and Minnesota Highway 15 in Kingston Township (south of Kimball).

The section of present day Highway 24 between Annandale (at Hwy.55) and Clear Lake (at Hwy.10) was added around 1950 and originally designated Minnesota Highway 240 until 1963. Minnesota Highway 240 was decommissioned and is now marked as part of Highway 24.

All of Highway 24 was still gravel before 1941.

Highway 24 was completely paved by 1953.

[edit] Miscellanea

The segment of Highway 24 between Interstate 94 and U.S. Highway 10 experiences high volumes of traffic due to its usage as a connection between the two highways. This connection primarily serves Twin Cities traffic heading to and from communities in Central Minnesota and the Brainerd Lakes Area via US-10, especially on summer weekends. As a result of the rising traffic volumes experienced on this stretch of Highway 24, a new freeway has been proposed to connect I-94 and US-10 in the vicinity, and is scheduled for construction after 2015.^[3]

[edit] Major Intersections

County	Location	Mile	Roads intersected	Notes
Meeker	Litchfield	0.000	US 12 / TH 22	South end of TH 24
Meeker	N of Kingston	15.608	TH 15 south	South end of TH 15 overlap
Stearns	Kimball	21.109	TH 55 west / TH 15 north	North end of TH 15 overlap; west end of TH 55 overlap
Wright	Annandale	30.754	TH 55 east	East end of TH 55 overlap
Wright	Clearwater	43.944-43.999	I-94	Interchange
Sherburne	Clear Lake	47.819-47.832	US 10	North end of TH 24