State Highway 24
State Highway 24 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	31.177 mi[1] (50.175 km)
Existed	June 21, 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
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Hunt, Delta, Lamar
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← SH 23 → SH 25

State Highway 24 (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

Historic SH 24

On June 21, 1917, SH 24 was designated from Denton to Whitesboro.^[3] The historic routing of SH 24 was one of the 25 original Texas state highways. On August 21, 1923, the routing had changed substantially. The original Denton to Whitesboro route was removed from the state highway system (it was later SH 10). A portion of the former SH 28 from Jacksboro to Benjamin was reassigned as SH 24.^[4] A portion of SH 22 from Graham to Olney that was concurrent with SH 28, was also signed as SH 24, and was not concurrent with another state highway as there were two state routes that replaced part of SH 22 north and south of SH 24. By 1929, the highway was extended south from Jacksboro to Mineral Wells, replacing a portion of the former SH 25. On May 25, 1929, plans were to extend the highway west to Guthrie once the location was decided.^[5] On December 17, 1929, the location was decided. On March 19, 1930, SH 24 extended west to New Mexico, replacing most of SH 53 and all of SH 134. On June 24, 1931, the road from Jacksboro to Mineral Wells was transferred to SH 66. SH 24 was rerouted northeast to Paris, replacing SH 39.^[6] On September 21, 1937, SH 24 Spur was designated in Frisco.^[7] On January 25, 1938, SH 24 Spur was designated in Klondike.^[8] By May 24, 1938, SH 24 Spur was designated in Whiteface and SH 24 Loop was designated in Levelland.^[9] On September 20, 1938, another SH 24 Spur was being constructed to Lorenzo.^[10] The spur to Lorenzo was designated on June 20, 1939.^[11] But on September 26, 1939, this extended western plan had been dropped and the highway was rerouted west of Newcastle over the portion of SH 120 from Newcastle to Old Glory. The old route had been transferred to SH 251 (one two-block section now FM 926), SH 199 (this section now part of SH 114), U.S. Highway 82, and the western section was renumbered as SH 290 (now part of SH 114). The SH 24 Loop and SH 24 Spur designations were transferred to Spur 26 (Lorenzo), Spur 33 (Frisco), Spur 39 (Klondike), Loop 44 (Levelland), and Spur 74 (Whiteface)

On October 1, 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, and all of RM 2475.

On September 1, 1971, the portions west of Greenville (Greenville to Old Glory) were removed from SH 24 and assigned to U.S. Highway 380. Later, on May 21, 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. On September 24, 2009, SH 50's concurrency with SH 24 was removed.^[12]

Business routes

SH 24 has one business route.

Business State Highway 24-D (formerly Loop 457) is a business loop that runs through Cooper. The route was created in 1968 when SH 24 was rerouted west and north around town; it is 1.9 mi (3.1 km). The road was redesignated as Business SH 24-D on June 21, 1990.^[13]

Former Commerce business loop

Business State Highway 24-B (formerly Loop 216) was a business loop that ran through Commerce. The route was created in 1958 when SH 24 (now SH 224) was rerouted north of town. The route was redesignated as Business SH 24-B on June 21, 1990, but was redesignated again to Business SH 224-B on April 27, 2000.^[14]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[15]	km	Destinations	Notes
Hunt	​	0.000– 0.089	0.000– 0.143	I-30 (US 67) / FM 1737 – Dallas, Sulphur Springs, Texarkana	Southern terminus. Exit 101 on I-30
	Campbell	0.350	0.563	FM 499 west	Southern end of FM 499 concurrency
		2.307	3.713	FM 499 east – Campbell	Northern terminus of FM 499 concurrency
		3.306	5.320	FM 513 south – Campbell	Northern terminus of FM 513
	​	4.875	7.846	FM 2736 west	Eastern terminus of FM 2736
	​	7.397	11.904	FM 1568 south	Northern terminus of FM 1568
	Commerce	9.416	15.154	SH 11 east / Loop 178	Southern terminus of SH 11 concurrency
		10.102	16.258	Bus. SH 224
		10.495	16.890	SH 224
		10.769– 11.418	17.331– 18.375	SH 11 / Bus. SH 11 – Wolfe City, Sulphur Springs	Interchange. Northern terminus of SH 11 concurrency
		12.320	19.827	SH 50 north / SH 224 west – Ladonia	Southern terminus of SH 50; eastern terminus of SH 224
Delta	​	14.832	23.870	FM 904 north – Pecan Gap	Southern terminus of FM 904
	​	16.351	26.314	FM 3132 north	Southern terminus of FM 3132
	​	17.505	28.172	FM 1531 south	Northern terminus of FM 1531
	​	18.669	30.045	FM 2890 east	Western terminus of FM 2890
	Klondike	19.996	32.180	FM 1528 west	Southern terminus of FM 1528 concurrency
		20.184	32.483	FM 1528 east	Northern terminus of FM 1528 concurrency
	Cooper	24.130	38.833	Bus. SH 24 – Cooper, Cooper Lake State Park	Southern terminus of TX Bus SH 24
		24.465	39.373	FM 64
		25.498	41.035	Bus. SH 24 – Cooper	Northern terminus of Bus SH 24
		25.852	41.605	FM 128 west – Ben Franklin, Big Creek Lake	Eastern terminus of FM 128
	​	27.878	44.865	FM 2949 north – Enloe	Southern terminus of FM 2949
	​	28.731	46.238	FM 2716 south	Northern terminus of FM 3132
	​	31.906	51.348	SH 19 south – Sulphur Springs	Southern terminus of SH 19 concurrency
	​	32.554	52.391	FM 198 – Lake Creek
	​	33.194	53.421	FM 1335 south	Northern terminus of FM 1335
Lamar	​	37.701	60.674	FM 1184 – Howland, Broadway
	​	41.200	66.305	FM 2036 west – Atlas	Eastern terminus of FM 2036
	Paris	45.511– 45.625	73.243– 73.426	Loop 286 to US 82 / US 271 – Bonham, Clarksville, Mount Pleasant	Interchange
		46.156	74.281	FM 1497 south (3rd Street)	Northern terminus of FM 1497
		46.540	74.899	FM 1507 east (Evergreen Street) – Eiffel Tower	Western terminus of FM 1507
		47.771	76.880	Bus. US 82 west / Bus. US 271 south (Clarksville Street) Bus. US 82 west / Bus. US 271 north (Bonham Street)	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

External links

Media related to Texas State Highway 24 at Wikimedia Commons