Interstate 24

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Interstate 24
Main route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

316.36 mi^[1] (509 km)

West end:

I-57 in Goreville, IL

Major
junctions:

I-65 in Nashville, TN

I-40 in Nashville, TN

I-59 in Wildwood, GA

East end:

I-75 in Chattanooga, TN

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Interstate 24

Interstate 24 (abbreviated I-24) is an interstate highway in the eastern United States. I-24 runs (diagonally) from Interstate 57 (10 miles south of Marion, Illinois) to Chattanooga, Tennessee, at Interstate 75.^[2]

I-24 makes up the majority of a high-traffic corridor between St. Louis, Missouri, and Atlanta, Georgia. This corridor utilizes Interstate 64 and Interstate 57 west of I-24, and Interstate 75 east of I-24.

1 Route description
2 Major intersections
3 Future
4 Auxiliary routes
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Route description

Lengths
	mi	km
IL	38.73	62.33
KY	93.37	150.26
TN	180.16	289.94
GA	4.10	6.60
Total^[3]	316.36	509.13

Major cities Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs
St. Louis, Missouri (via I-57 and I-64) Paducah, Kentucky Clarksville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tennessee Chattanooga, Tennessee

[edit] Illinois

Main article: Interstate 24 in Illinois

In the state of Illinois, Interstate 24 is a remote, four-lane freeway that travels through hilly rural southern Illinois and the Shawnee National Forest. There are only five mainline exits; of those five, four have services. Interstate 24 crosses into Kentucky via the Interstate 24 Bridge from Metropolis, Illinois to Paducah, Kentucky.

[edit] Kentucky

Main article: Interstate 24 in Kentucky

In the state of Kentucky, Interstate 24 runs from Paducah to the Tennessee border just northwest of Clarksville. Along its route are Kentucky Dam which forms Kentucky Lake and Barkley Dam which forms Lake Barkley, Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area ("LBL"; under the management of the US Forest Service ), and Fort Campbell.

Future extensions of Interstate 69 and possibly Interstate 66 are proposed to run concurrent with Interstate 24 in the Eddyville to Calvert City corridor.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Tennessee

Main article: Interstate 24 in Tennessee

The Olgiati Bridge on I-124 (US 27), spanning the Tennessee River in Chattanooga.

In the state of Tennessee, Interstate 24 runs from Clarksville to Chattanooga by way of Nashville. Just west of Chattanooga, I-24 drops into Georgia for 4 miles (6 km).

One of the most notoriously hazardous stretches of Interstate highway in the United States is approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Chattanooga on I-24 in Monteagle, where the highway goes over the Cumberland Plateau. Compared to grades elsewhere, Monteagle's 4 to 6% grade does not come close to the steepest highway roads (the Siskiyou Pass of Interstate 5 in Oregon has some the steepest grades in the nation),^[4] but the slope is protracted over a distance of several miles.

Interstate 124 is an occasional (currently unsigned) designation of a portion of the US 27 freeway which runs as a spur into downtown Chattanooga and beyond.^[5] Also in Chattanooga is the "Ridge Cut", a 1/4 mile section of Missionary Ridge, between the 4th Avenue exit and the Germantown/Belvoir exit. Accidents and severe congestion are common here.

[edit] Georgia

Main article: Interstate 24 in Georgia

In the state of Georgia, Interstate 24 runs for 4 miles (6 km), running along the southern flank of Raccoon Mountain and intersecting with Interstate 59 before turning back north to the Tennessee River and around the northern flank of Lookout Mountain. The exits and mileposts remain numbered according to Tennessee's mileposts.

This segment is also officially State Route 409.

[edit] Major intersections

Interstate 24 intersects with the following interstates, from west to east:

Interstate 57 in Goreville, Illinois (western terminus)
Interstate 65 in Nashville, Tennessee (concurrent for about 2 miles (3 km))
Interstate 40 in Nashville, Tennessee (concurrent for about 2 miles (3 km))
Interstate 440 in Nashville, Tennessee
Interstate 59 in Wildwood, Georgia
Interstate 75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (eastern terminus)

[edit] Future

The highway is expected to cross Interstate 69 in Eddyville, Kentucky and Interstate 66 in Paducah, Kentucky.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Auxiliary routes

v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 24

Tennessee: 124

[edit] References

^ Interstate 24 @ Interstate-Guide.com. Interstate Guide. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
^ Overview Map of I-24. Google Maps. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
^ United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration (2002-10-31). Route Log- Main Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 1. Retrieved on 2006-07-12.
^ Interstate 5: Interesting Facts. Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
^ Tennessee Department of Transportation, Fiscal Years 2008-2010 Transportation Improvement Program, May 1, 2007

[edit] External links

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