Iowa Highway 24

Iowa Highway 24
	Iowa 24 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length	27.546 mi[1] (44.331 km)
Major junctions
West end	US 18 / US 63 at New Hampton
East end	US 52 / Iowa 150 at Calmar
Location
Counties	Chickasaw; Winneshiek;
Highway system

Iowa Highway 24 (Iowa 24) is a state highway that runs from west to east in northeast Iowa. It has a length of 27.5 miles (44.3 km).

Route description

Iowa 24 as it passes through New Hampton

Iowa Highway 24 begins at New Hampton at a freeway interchange with U.S. Highway 63 and U.S. Highway 18. It goes east through New Hampton, then continues east to Lawler. It then turns northeast to go through Jackson Junction and Fort Atkinson. It then continues northeast and ends in Calmar at an intersection with U.S. Highway 52 and Iowa Highway 150.

History

The current version of Iowa Highway 24 is the second occurrence of the route number in the state. The first lasted from 1920 to 1927 and extended between Council Bluffs and Ottumwa. The present highway came into existence on December 1, 1928. On October 5, 2002, the highway was extended west through New Hampton as the U.S. 63 freeway bypass opened.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations
Chickasaw	New Hampton	0.000	0.000	US 18 / US 63 – Fredericksburg, Lime Springs, Waterloo, Mason City
Winneshiek	Calmar	27.546	44.331	US 52 / Iowa 150 south – Decorah, Postville, West Union
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

2009 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2011.

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[IowaDOT-1] 2009 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2011.