Texas State Highway 24

State Highway 24
State Highway 24 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	31.18 mi[1] (50.17 km)
Existed:	c. July 6, 1917[2] – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-30/US 67 near Campbell
North end:	BUS US 82/BUS US 271/SH 19 in Paris
Location
Counties:	Hunt, Delta, Lamar
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← SH 23 SH 25 → ← SH 119 SH 120 SH 121 → ← SH 550 SH 824 SH NASA Road 1 →

State Highway 24, or SH 24, runs from Campbell to Paris in north Texas. It is a portion of the main route, along with Interstate 30, from Paris to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

History

When the Texas State Highway System was first laid out, SH 24 was defined as traveling along the Old Southern Trail, from Burkburnett through Wichita Falls, Archer City, Throckmorton, Albany, Baird, Mason, Fredericksburg, Boerne, San Antonio and Laredo.^[2] In 1917, SH 24 was designated from Denton to Whitesboro. The historic routing of SH 24 was one of the 26 original Texas state highways. By 1926, the routing had changed substantially. The original Denton to Whitesboro route was reassigned as SH 10. Portions of the former SH 22 (Graham to Olney) and SH 28 (Olney to Benjamin) were then reassigned as SH 24, which was now planned to reach from Jacksboro to Guthrie. By 1928, The highway extended south from Jacksboro to Mineral Wells, replacing a portion of the former SH 25. By 1931, the road from Jacksboro to Mineral Wells was transferred to SH 66. It was rerouted northeast to Paris, replacing SH 39, and west to New Mexico, replacing most of SH 53. But by 1939, this extended western plan had been dropped and the highway was rerouted west of Newcastle over SH 120 from Newcastle to Old Glory.

In 1968, the portion between Jacksboro and Bridgeport was rerouted south of Lake Bridgeport, replacing State Highway 824, which was an alternate route designated in 1964.

In 1971, the portions west of Greenville (Greenville to Seymour) were removed from SH 24 and assigned to U.S. Highway 380. Later, in 1979, the part of SH 24 southwest of Commerce was moved to a different highway (replaced between Commerce and Greenville with SH 224), making it concurrent with SH 50 down to Campbell, which shortened SH 24 to its present form. In 2009, SH 50's concurrency with SH 24 was removed.^[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[4]	km	Destinations	Notes
Hunt	​	0.000– 0.089	0.000– 0.143	I-30 / US 67 – Greenville, Cumby	Southern terminus. Exit 101 on I-30/US 67
	Campbell	0.350	0.563	FM 499 – Greenville	Southern end of FM 499 concurrency
		2.307	3.713	FM 499	Northern terminus of FM 499 concurrency
		3.306	5.320	FM 513	Northern terminus of FM 513
	​	4.875	7.846	FM 2736 – Neylandville	Eastern terminus of FM 2736
	​	7.397	11.904	FM 1568	Northern terminus of FM 1568
	Commerce	9.416	15.154	SH 11 (Culver Street) / Loop 178 – Sulphur Springs	Southern terminus of SH 11 concurrency
		10.102	16.258	Bus. SH 224 (Live Oak Street)
		10.495	16.890	SH 224 – Greenville
		10.613	17.080	Southern end of freeway
		10.769– 11.418	17.331– 18.375	SH 11 / Bus. SH 11 – Fairlie, Wolfe City	Interchange. Northern terminus of TX 11 concurrency
		12.313	19.816	Northern end of freeway
		12.320	19.827	SH 50 / SH 224 – Ladonia, Greenville	Southern terminus of TX 50 Eastern terminus of TX 224
Delta	​	14.832	23.870	FM 904 (County Line Road)	Southern terminus of FM 904
	​	16.351	26.314	FM 3132	Southern terminus of FM 3132
	​	17.505	28.172	FM 1531	Southern terminus of FM 1531
	West Delta	18.669	30.045	FM 2890	Western terminus of FM 3132
	Klondike	19.996– 20.184	32.180– 32.483	FM 1528	Short concurrency with FM 1528
	Cooper	24.130	38.833	SH 154 (Dallas Avenue) / Bus. SH 24	Western terminus of TX 154/Bus TX 24
		24.465	39.373	FM 64
		25.498	41.035	Bus. SH 24 (1st Street)	Northern terminus of Bus TX 24
	​	25.852	41.605	FM 128	Southern terminus of FM 128
	​	27.878	44.865	FM 2949	Southern terminus of FM 2949
	​	28.731	46.238	FM 2716	Northern terminus of FM 3132
	​	31.906	51.348	SH 19 – Tira	Southern terminus of TX 19 concurrency
	​	32.554	52.391	FM 198 – Lake Creek
	​	33.194	53.421	FM 1335	Northern terminus of FM 1335
Lamar	Broadway Junction	37.701	60.674	FM 1184
	​	41.200	66.305	FM 2036	Eastern terminus of FM 2036
	Paris	45.511– 45.625	73.243– 73.426	Loop 286	Interchange with Loop 286
		46.156	74.281	FM 1497 (3rd Street)	Northern terminus of FM 1497
		46.540	74.899	FM 1507 (New Jefferson Street)	Western terminus of FM 1507
		47.771	76.880	Bus. US 82 (Bonham Street)	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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