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.
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 US 24 highlighted in red across northwestern Ohio | ||||
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| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 83.33 mi[1] (134.11 km) | |||
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| Counties | Paulding, Defiance, Henry, Lucas | |||
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Route description
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 |
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| Paulding | Carryall Township | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Continuation into Indiana | |
| Eastern end of freeway; western end of expressway | ||||||
| Crane Township | 3.32– 4.18 | 5.34– 6.73 | 3 |  | Diamond interchange | |
| Emerald Township | 12.38– 13.19 | 19.92– 21.23 | 13 |  | 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 |   | Diamond interchange | |
| Defiance | 25.90– 26.41 | 41.68– 42.50 | 26 |  | Diamond interchange | |
| Defiance–Richland Township line | 27.78– 28.60 | 44.71– 46.03 | 28 |  | 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 |  | Western end of US 6 concurrency; partial cloverleaf interchange | ||||
| 40.10– 40.34 | 64.53– 64.92 | 40 |    | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||
| Liberty Township | 41.38– 41.90 | 66.59– 67.43 | 41 | Industrial Drive | Diamond interchange | |
| 43.64 | 70.23 | 43 |  | 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 |  | Diamond interchange | ||
| Lucas | Providence Township | 56.91– 57.39 | 91.59– 92.36 | 57 |  | Diamond interchange |
| Waterville Township | 62.81– 63.32 | 101.08– 101.90 | 63 |  | 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 |   | Cloverleaf interchange; signed as 68A (south) and 68B (north); exit 4 on I-475 | ||
| Eastern end of freeway | ||||||
| 69.77 | 112.28 |      | Southern end of SR 25 concurrency | |||
| Maumee–Toledo city line | 72.14 | 116.10 | | Northern end of SR 25 concurrency | ||
| Toledo | 75.80 | 121.99 |  | |||
| 77.48 | 124.69 |  | ||||
| 78.37 | 126.12 |  | ||||
| 78.54– 78.65 | 126.40– 126.57 |  | Exit 203B on I-75 | |||
| 79.42 | 127.81 |  | ||||
| 82.76 | 133.19 |  | ||||
| 83.33 | 134.11 | | Continuation into Michigan | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- "DESTAPE". Ohio Department of Transportation. July 16, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- Staff. "U.S. Route 24—Fort to Port: Napoleon to Toledo, Ohio". Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
- Staff. "U.S. Route 24—Fort to Port Realignment/Expansion". Ohio Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
- 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.