Minnesota State Highway 24

Trunk Highway 24
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	47.832 mi[1] (76.978 km)
Existed:	1920[2] – present
Major junctions
South end:	U.S. 12 / MN 22 at Litchfield
	MN 15 at Kingston Township MN 15, MN 55 at Kimball MN 55 at Annandale I-94 at Clearwater
North end:	U.S. 10 at Clear Lake
Location
Counties:	Meeker, Stearns, Wright, Sherburne
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 23 MN 25 →

Minnesota State Highway 24 (MN 24) is a highway in central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 12 and State Highway 22 in Litchfield and continues northeast to its intersection with U.S. Highway 10 and Sherburne County Road 6 in Clear Lake.

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

Highway 24 also runs together with State Highway 55 for 9 miles (14 km) between Kimball and Annandale.

The route is 48 miles (77 km) in length. The section between Interstate 94 and U.S. Route 10 is part of the National Highway System.^[2]

Route description

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

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

The section 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 U.S. 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 U.S. 10 in the vicinity, and is scheduled for construction after 2015.^[3]

History

Highway 24 was authorized in 1920 from Litchfield to St. Cloud.^[4]

In 1934, State Highway 15 was extended north to St. Cloud, replacing most of Highway 24. From 1934 to 1963, it ran only between Litchfield and Highway 15 in Kingston Township, south of Kimball.^[2]

The section of present day Highway 24 between Annandale (at Highway 55) and Clear Lake (at Highway 10) was added circa 1950 and originally designated State Highway 240 until 1963. Highway 240 was decommissioned and became part of Highway 24.^[2]

All of Highway 24 was still gravel before 1941. The route was completely paved by 1953.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Meeker	Litchfield Township	0.000	0.000	US 12 / MN 22
	Forest City Township	6.023	9.693	CR 2
		9.366	15.073	CR 14
		10.362	16.676	CR 27
	Kingston Township	12.673	20.395	CR 17
		15.609	25.120	MN 15 south	South end of MN 15 overlap
Stearns	Kimball	21.109	33.972	MN 15 north MN 55 west	North end of MN 15 overlap West end of MN 55 overlap
				CR 44
Wright	South Haven			CR 2 north
	Southside Township			CR 3 (French Lake Road)
	Annandale	30.754	49.494	MN 55 east	East end of MN 55 overlap
	Corinna Township	34.154	54.966	CR 6
		34.826	56.047	CR 39
	Clearwater Township	41.981	67.562	CR 40
	Clearwater	43.944– 43.999	70.721– 70.810	I-94	Interchange
		44.401	71.456	CR 75	Old US 52
Mississippi River		44.653– 44.869	71.862– 72.210	Highway 24 Bridge
Sherburne	Clear Lake Township	45.722	73.582	CR 8
	Clear Lake	47.831– 47.844	76.977– 76.997	US 10
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

Route map: Bing / Google