U.S. Route 24 in Ohio

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 an expressway and freeway for much of its length, from the Indiana state line to Maumee. From there northeasterly to the Michigan state line at Toledo, it is a surface highway.

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 Highway System List Special Divided Ohio Highways Interstate U.S. State Scenic ← SR 23 → SR 24

Route description

Part of the "Fort to Port" US 24 freeway in Ohio

From the Indiana state line easterly to Baltimore Street at the border of unincorporated Defiance Township and the city of Defiance, US 24 is an expressway which mostly has interchanges, but features intersections with select county and township roads. From Baltimore Street to State Route 281 at the border of Defiance and unincorporated Noble Township, US 24 is a freeway. From SR 281 to US 6 west in Henry County's Napoleon Township, US 24 is once again an expressway. From US 6 west to Interstate 475 (I-475) in the city of Maumee, US 24 is a freeway. The route continues northeasterly as a surface street through downtown Maumee and the western side of Toledo, continuing to the Michigan state line. 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 expressway, 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
				Eastern end of freeway; western end of expressway
	Crane Township	3.32– 4.18	5.34– 6.73	3	SR 49 – Antwerp, Payne	Diamond interchange
	Emerald Township	12.38– 13.19	19.92– 21.23	13	US 127 – Sherwood, Paulding, Cecil	Diamond interchange
Defiance	Defiance Township–Defiance line	22.47– 22.96	36.16– 36.95	Eastern end of expressway; western end of freeway
				22	Baltimore Street	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	Noble Township	24.97– 25.44	40.19– 40.94	25	SR 15 / SR 18 – Bryan, Defiance	Diamond interchange
	Defiance	25.90– 26.41	41.68– 42.50	26	SR 66 – Archbold, Defiance	Diamond interchange
	Defiance–Richland Township line	27.78– 28.60	44.71– 46.03	28	SR 281 (Domersville Road)	Diamond interchange
				Eastern end of freeway; western end of expressway
Henry	Napoleon Township	38.83– 39.32	62.49– 63.28	Eastern end of expressway; western end of freeway
				39	US 6 west – Kendallville (Indiana), Chicago	Western end of US 6 concurrency; partial cloverleaf interchange
		40.10– 40.34	64.53– 64.92	40	SR 108 / US 6 Bus. – Wauseon, Napoleon	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	Liberty Township	41.38– 41.90	66.59– 67.43	41	Industrial Drive	Diamond interchange
		43.64	70.23	43	US 6 east to CR 424 / SR 110 – Bowling Green	Eastern end of US 6 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; entrance ramp flies under eastbound lanes and merges on the left
		46.54– 47.16	74.90– 75.90	47	SR 109 – Liberty Center, Malinta	Diamond interchange
Lucas	Providence Township	56.91– 57.39	91.59– 92.36	57	SR 295 – Whitehouse, Grand Rapids (Ohio)	Diamond interchange
	Waterville Township	62.81– 63.32	101.08– 101.90	63	SR 64 – Whitehouse, Waterville	Diamond interchange
	Waterville–Monclova township line	65.62– 66.09	105.61– 106.36	66	Anthony Wayne Trail – Waterville	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; exit ramp flies under US 24
	Maumee	66.49– 66.93	107.01– 107.71	67	Fallen Timbers Lane	Access to The Shops at Fallen Timbers; partial cloverleaf interchange, was originally signed Jerome Road, Stitt Road
		67.65– 68.26	108.87– 109.85	68	I-475 / US 23 – Dayton, Ann Arbor (Michigan)	Cloverleaf interchange; signed as 68A (south) and 68B (north); exit 4 on I-475
				Eastern end of freeway
		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 Road)
		83.33	134.11		US 24 north (Telegraph Road) – Monroe, 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

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