State Trunk Highway 24 (often called Highway 24, STH-24 or WIS 24) is a
state highway
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in southwestern
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, in the United States. The route is a multi-lane urban arterial that serves the suburbs of
West Allis
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History
The name West Allis derives from Edward P. Allis, ...
,
Greenfield
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and
Hales Corners, and follows Janesville Road and West Forest Home Avenue.
Route description
The highway's western terminus is at the
Waukesha County line in Hales Corners. West of the county line the route is signed as County Trunk Highway L (CTH-L). The highway crosses 108th street, which carries
U.S. Highway 45
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Wisconsin Highway 100
State Trunk Highway 100 (STH-100, commonly known as Highway 100 or WIS 100) is a road which encircles the outer edges of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.
Route description
The road is designed as a Bypa ...
(US 45/WIS 100), east of the county line. The section of WIS 24 between the county line and 108th Street is Janesville Road. The remainder of the highway follows West Forest Home Avenue.
East of US 45/WIS 100, the highway turns northeasterly, junctioning with
Interstate 43/
Interstate 894 (I-43/I-894) in Greenfield. Further northeast the route terminates at South 27th Street, which carries
WIS 241.
History
The original routing of WIS 24 in 1918 began in
Washburn County began east of
Spooner at then
WIS 11 (the junction of CTH-M on
WIS 70). The route junctioned with the former
Wisconsin Highway 40
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(now
Wisconsin Highway 27
State Trunk Highway 27 (often called Highway 27, STH-27 or WIS 27) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The highway spans a length of and is generally two-lane local road with the exception of urban multilane arterials within some ...
) and turned northward, following what is now
U.S. Route 63
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(US 63) from
Hayward to south of
Ashland The highway followed what is now
WIS 112 and terminated at
WIS 13 south of
Ashland.
The early 1920s saw WIS 24 extended southwestward along the present day route of US 63 to
Turtle Lake then to New Richmond along
WIS 64 and southwest to
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When US 63 was opened WIS 24 was removed from the books.
WIS 24 used to continue southwest through Waukesha,
Racine
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and
Walworth Counties to
Wisconsin Highway 20
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in
East Troy
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Geography
Eas ...
, but was turned over to local control and redesignated as CTH-L in the late 1980s.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 24
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Transportation in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
U.S. Route 63