Iowa Highway 24

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Iowa Highway 24 marker

Iowa Highway 24
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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:
Highway system
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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 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 current version 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 Notes
Chickasaw New Hampton 0.000 0.000 US 18 / US 63
Winneshiek Calmar 27.546 44.331 US 52 / Iowa 150 south
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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