U.S. 24
U.S. 24 travels 1,540 miles overall from Interstate 70 at Minturn, Colorado east to Pontiac, Michigan. U.S. 24 crosses Northern Indiana for a total of 164.3 miles and is considered a major highway for its entire route. The highway enters the Hoosier State from Illinois east of Sheldon, running alongside U.S. 52 east to U.S. 41 at Kentland. Beyond there, U.S. 24 heads east past the communities of Goodland, Remington, Wolcott, Reynolds and Monticello before meeting U.S. 35 west of Logansport. As it does in Illinois west to Peoria, U.S. 24 follows the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway, all the way to Logansport.
Eastward from Logansport, U.S. 24 follows the Hoosier Heartland Industrial Highway, a four lane expressway that links Indiana State Road 25, a four lane highway southwest to Lafayette. The expressway continues to the communities of Peru, Wabash and Huntington en route to the second largest city in the state, Fort Wayne.
U.S. 24 bypasses Fort Wayne along a combination of Interstate 69 to the northwest and I-469 to the northeast. This changed in 2012 from an overlap with I-69/469 to the south of Fort Wayne. Completed on November 14, 2012, the Fort to Port corridor, is a 75 mile long expressway alignment built for U.S. 24 from I-469 near New Haven and I-475 at Maumee, Ohio. The 11.2 mile portion of the Fort to Port in Indiana cost $93 million.1. U.S. 24 continues into the Buckeye State to Defiance, Napoleon and Toledo.
U.S. 24 Indiana Guides
East
Newton / Jasper Counties - 36 photos
White / Cass Counties - 81 photos
Miami / Wabash Counties - 34 photos
Huntington / Allen Counties - 66 photos
West
Huntington / Allen Counties - 32 photos
Wabash / Miami Counties - 19 photos
Cass / White Counties - 39 photos
Jasper / Newton Counties - 36 photos
scenes
Looking north on U.S. 35 at its intersection with U.S. 24 in Cass County. U.S. 24 heads east toward Fort Wayne while U.S. 35 continues north alongside U.S. 24 around the south side of Logansport.
03/19/10
Looking east along Business Route U.S. 24, east of Logansport in Cass County. Until 2000, U.S. 24 followed this route toward Peru and Fort Wayne. Today, the highway is designated as a business route, though it is merely a local designation.
03/19/10
Looking north on U.S. 31 at the cloverleaf interchange with U.S. 24 in Miami County near Peru. Peru and Fort Wayne are the control cities for eastbound U.S. 24 while Logansport is the westbound control city.
05/30/10
A view of a sign assembly in Downtown Peru in Miami County. U.S. 24 used to follow Main Street across Peru before it was bypassed to the north. Today, the road is designated as Business Route U.S. 24 across Peru.
03/19/10
A view of a guide sign on the Webster Road overpass directing traffic onto westbound U.S. 24 toward Fort Wayne. Note the non-all caps direction on the sign, unusual for Indiana signs.
01/18/13
A 1955-built pony-truss bridge carries West County Road 1730 South across Carpenter Creek 0.4 miles south of U.S. 24 & 231 (Division Street) outside the town of Remington.
11/05/09
References:
- "U.S. 24 (Fort to Port) Officially Opened November 14." Inside INDOT (Indiana Department of Transportation), November 2012.
- Thomas Decker: 03/19/10, 05/30/10, 01/18/13
- ABRoads: 11/05/09
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Page Updated Monday March 04, 2013.