U.S. 24 West - Jasper & Newton Counties

A short distance west of the White County line is a diamond interchange joining U.S. 24 & 231 and Interstate 65. Interstate 65 begins in Gary and ventures south 61 miles to Remington.

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Motorists joining Interstate 65 southward to Lafayette will reach Indianapolis in 90 miles.

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A pair of truck stops line the north side of U.S. 24 & 231, just west of Interstate 65 beyond this set of reassurance markers.

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U.S. 24 west & U.S. 231 north continue two miles into Remington. Kentland, the Newton County seat, is 16 miles to the west along U.S. 24 after the split with U.S. 231.

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West of the truck stops, U.S. 24 enters the town of Remington (population 1,185).

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Ohio Street heads south from U.S. 24 (Division Street) into the business district for Remington, located five blocks to the south.

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Once within the town of Remington (population 1,185), U.S. 24 and 231 prepare to part ways at the intersection of Division and Maine Streets.

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The Jasper County seat of Rensellaer is 12 miles to the north from Remington as U.S. 24 westbound traffic continues toward Kentland.

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U.S. 24 leaves U.S. 231 through the west side of Remington beyond this reassurance marker.

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West of Remington, U.S. 24 crosses far southern Jasper County as it passes through agricultural land in the area.

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U.S. 24 enters Newton County (population 14,244) and follows a straight line across the far southern tier of the county, paralleling the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway to the south.

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U.S. 24 enters the town of Goodland (population 1,043). Within Goodland, U.S. 24 is known as Jasper Street.

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Views of U.S. 24 (Jasper Street) through the town of Goodland.

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West of Goodland, U.S. 24 approaches the junction with SR 55 south. SR 55 goes for 110 miles from Wingate at SR 25 north through Attica, Fowler and Crown Point before ending at Business U.S. 6 in Gary.

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SR 55 enters from the north and follows U.S. 24 for a brief multiplex to the west.

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Traffic follows SR 55 to the north toward Crown Point while Kentland is further to the west along U.S. 24. Fowler is the destination of SR 55 south beyond U.S. 24.

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Reassurance shields for both U.S. 24 and SR 55 south, posted west of their merge.

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Just down the road, SR 55 turns toward the south.

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SR 55 resumes a southward course for a 10.3 mile trip to the Benton County seat of Fowler.

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U.S. 24 and SR 55 part ways after a half mile overlap. Kentland is only six miles away.

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West of the SR 55 south junction, U.S. 24 resembles a rural two lane highway that heads west across far southern Newton County with utility lines to the right and the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway to the left.

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U.S. 24 enters the town of Kentland (population 1,748). Despite being located in the far southwest corner of the county (given that Roselawn in the northeast corner is 37 miles away), Kentland is both the county seat and largest city in Newton County. In town, the highway is given the name of Seymour Street.

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U.S. 24 (Seymour Street) now approaches the only stoplight intersection in Kentland, with U.S. 41/U.S. 52 east. Going for 280 miles, U.S. 41 maintains four lane expressway standards in conjunction with SR 63 from Northwest Indiana and south through Terre Haute, Vincennes and Evansville, with the towns of Attica and Rockville served by a two lane portion of U.S. 41. Nationally, U.S. 41 goes for 2,000 miles from Copper Harbor, Michigan south to Miami, Florida.

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Entering the junction with U.S. 41 and U.S. 52 east on U.S. 24 (Seymour Street) west. U.S. 52 joins U.S. 24 at this point for the trip west of Kentland. To the east, U.S. 52 follows U.S. 41 south to Earl Park where it splits off en route to Lafayette, Lebanon, Indianapolis, Rushville and Connersville before leaving Indiana near Harrison, Ohio. From there, it continues its 2,072 mile path, started at the Canadian border in North Dakota, southeast to its final endpoint at Charleston, South Carolina. Fowler is the control city for the expressway south while Hammond, not Chicago, is the control city for U.S. 41 north. Hammond is about 58 miles away with Chicago a little further beyond that.

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U.S. 24/52 commence a 6.7 mile overlap from west of U.S. 41 along Seymour Street through the south side of Kentland. The Kentland business district lies a few blocks to the north.

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Now leaving the town of Kentland, the next community is Sheldon, Illinois at seven miles away, followed by Peoria in 119 miles.

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The last state highway that U.S. 24 & U.S. 52 come across in Indiana is SR 71. SR 71 exists in two segments, with a northern one in Newton and Benton Counties and the southern one in Vermillion County. The northern segment begins here and heads south for 17.5 miles to its southern terminus at SR 352 near Ambia.

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U.S. 24/52 crosses together into the state of Illinois and Iroquois County in Effner. Only a couple of miles to the west in Sheldon, the two highways split with U.S. 24 continuing west to Watseka and Peoria and U.S. 52 heading northwest toward Kankakee.

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