U.S. 24 West - Wabash & Miami Counties

U.S. 24 continues west into Wabash County as a four lane highway at it approaches the junction with SR 524.

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U.S. 24 will turn toward the northeast at the junction with SR 524 east. SR 524 goes for only two miles from U.S. 24 east to the town of Lagro and the Salamonie River State Forest. From U.S. 24 east to Lagro, SR 524 follows the original routing of U.S. 24 as it was bypassed around Lagro around 2000 when the new highway was completed.

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West of the junction with SR 524 east, U.S. 24 continues west toward the city of Wabash. The old U.S. 24 generally follows the new expressway to the north via a frontage road.

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U.S. 24 meets the junction with SR 13, which is a 138 mile highway that runs from Fortville at U.S. 36/SR 67 and heads north through Elwood, Wabash, North Manchester, Syracuse and Middlebury, ending at the Michigan state line. To the south, SR 13 and Business U.S. 24 follow Manchester Avenue back toward Wabash. To the north, the town of North Manchester and Manchester College are about 12 miles away.

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West of the junction with SR 13, U.S. 24 begins its bypass of the city of Wabash (population 10,666). Wabash, the county seat for Wabash County, is best known for being the first electrically-lit city in the world.

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U.S. 24 approaches the junction with County Road 200 West, called Alber Street to the south. Alber Street connects with SR 15 (Cass Street) to the south.

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West of the Alber Street intersection, U.S. 24 junctions with SR 15 (Cass Street). SR 15 goes for 95 miles from U.S. 35/SR 22 in Jonesboro, in Grant County, and heads north through Marion, Wabash, Warsaw and Goshen before crossing into Michigan. Most of the shopping centers and fast food restaurants that serve Wabash are situated around this intersection. Downtown Wabash is a mile to the south along SR 15 (Cass Street). To the north, the town of Silver Lake is 19 miles away and the Kosciusko County seat of Warsaw is 31 miles away.

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West of the junction with SR 15 (Cass Street), the Miami County seat of Peru is now 14 miles away while Logansport, the county seat of Cass County, is 29 miles to the west.

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A view of U.S. 24 to the west of Wabash as it heads toward the next community of Peru.

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U.S. 24 enters Miami County (population 36,903). The stretch of U.S. 24 from Wabash to Peru is among the older stretches of four lane expressway.

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The Miami County seat of Peru (population 11,417) is served by two stoplights from U.S. 24, which bypasses the city to the north. The first traffic light governs the movements between U.S. 24 and SR 19 (Chili Avenue). SR 19 goes for 143 miles from SR 32 in Noblesville north through Tipton, Peru, Akron, Nappanee and Elkhart before ending at the Michigan border. The town of Chili is about eight miles to the north from U.S. 24 while Peru is just to the south along Chili Avenue.

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West of SR 19 (Chili Avenue), U.S. 24's next control city of Logansport is 20 miles away and Monticello, the county seat of White County, is 38 miles away.

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The next stoplight along U.S. 24 west is with Broadway/Old U.S. 31. Broadway heads south into Peru and follows the old alignment of U.S. 31 town. Here, the highway is signed as Business U.S. 31. To the north, Old U.S. 31 heads north to the town of Mexico before turning to the current U.S. 31 expressway.

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U.S. 31 begins in Spanish Fort, Alabama and travels north near Interstate 65 to Indianapolis and beyond to Mackinaw City, Michigan. Altogether, the highway travels for 1,280 miles.
U.S. 31 travels for 266 miles across Indiana, beginning in Jeffersonville across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky and heading north through the communities of Scottsburg, Seymour, Columbus, Franklin, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Rochester, Plymouth and South Bend before crossing into Michigan.

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U.S. 24 has a cloverleaf interchange with U.S. 31 to the northwest of Peru. The interchange was built as a part of the project that made U.S. 24 four lanes from Logansport to Peru. Before 2000, U.S. 24 was a four lane highway to the east from a trumpet interchange. From there, U.S. 24 went south along U.S. 31 to a slip ramp that connected U.S. 31 with the two lane U.S. 24. The trumpet interchange was converted into a cloverleaf when the new U.S. 24 expressway was built. From here, Kokomo is 20 miles to the south with Indianapolis 70 miles away.

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