Minnesota State Highway 24

Trunk Highway 24 marker

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: US 12 / MN 22 in Litchfield
  I-94 in Clearwater
North end: US 10 in Clear Lake
Location
Counties: Meeker, Stearns, Wright, Sherburne
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
← MN 23MN 25 →

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

For part of its route (5 miles (8.0 km)), MN 24 travels concurrent with MN 15 between Kingston Township and Kimball.

MN 24 also travels concurrently with MN 55 for 9 miles (14 km) between Kimball and Annandale.

The route is 48 miles (77 km) in length. The section between Interstate 94 (I-94) and US 10 is part of the National Highway System.[2]

Route description

MN 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 MN 24 between I-94 and US 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 US 10, especially on summer weekends. As a result of the rising traffic volumes experienced on this stretch of MN 24, a new freeway has been proposed to connect I-94 and US 10 in the vicinity, and is scheduled for construction after 2015.[3]

History

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

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

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

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

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
MeekerLitchfield Township0.0000.000 US 12 / MN 22Southern terminus
Forest City Township6.0239.693 CR 2
9.36615.073 CR 14
10.36216.676 CR 27
Kingston Township12.67320.395 CR 17
15.60925.120 MN 15 southSouth end of MN 15 concurrency
StearnsKimball21.10933.972 MN 15 north / MN 55 westNorth end of MN 15 concurrency
West end of MN 55 concurrency
CR 44
WrightSouth Haven CR 2 north
Southside Township CR 3 (French Lake Road)
Annandale30.75449.494 MN 55 eastEast end of MN 55 concurrency
Corinna Township34.15454.966 CR 6
34.82656.047 CR 39
Clearwater Township41.98167.562 CR 40
Clearwater43.944–
43.999		70.721–
70.810		 I-94Interchange
44.40171.456CR 75Old US 52
Mississippi River44.653–
44.869		71.862–
72.210		Highway 24 Bridge
SherburneClear Lake Township45.72273.582 CR 8
Clear Lake47.831–
47.844		76.977–
76.997		 US 10 / CR 6
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

Route map: Bing / Google

KML is from Wikidata
  1. 1 2 "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 1-25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved 2006-03-27.
  3. ↑ Minnesota Department of Transportation. "Proposed I-94/Highway 10 freeway connection". District 3 Local Hot Topics. Retrieved 2007-11-09.
  4. ↑ Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
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