State Trunk Highway 24 (often called Highway 24, STH-24 or WIS 24) is a
state highway in southwestern
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Milwaukee County is located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At the 2020 census, the population was 939,489, down from 947,735 in 2010. It is both the most populous and most densely populated county in Wisconsin, and the 45th most populous cou ...
, in the United States. The route is a multi-lane urban arterial that serves the suburbs of
West Allis
West Allis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. A suburb of Milwaukee, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 60,325 at the 2020 census.
History
The name West Allis derives from Edward P. Allis, ...
,
Greenfield and
Hales Corners
Hales Corners is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,692 at the 2010 census. History
The land in the area that would eventually encompass the Village was first claimed as French, then British, and even ...
, and follows Janesville Road and West Forest Home Avenue.
Route description
The highway's western terminus is at the
Waukesha County
Waukesha County () is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 406,978, making it the third-most populous county in Wisconsin. Its county seat and largest city is Waukesha.
Waukesha Co ...
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/
Wisconsin Highway 100 (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 43 (I-43) is a Interstate Highway located entirely within the US state of Wisconsin, connecting I-39/I-90 in Beloit with Milwaukee and I-41, U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) and US 141 in Green Bay. State Trunk Highway ...
/
Interstate 894
Interstate 894 (I-894) is a auxiliary Interstate Highway in Milwaukee County in the US state of Wisconsin. The route serves as a bypass of downtown Milwaukee, connecting with I-94 at the Zoo Interchange west of downtown and the Mitche ...
(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
State Trunk Highway 11 (often called Highway 11, STH-11 or WIS 11) is a state highway running east–west across southern Wisconsin. The highway connects Dubuque, Iowa with the cities of Janesville, Racine and Elkhorn. Most of the route i ...
(the junction of CTH-M on
WIS 70). The route junctioned with the former
Wisconsin Highway 40 (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 (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
Hudson.
When US 63 was opened WIS 24 was removed from the books.
WIS 24 used to continue southwest through Waukesha,
Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
and
Walworth
Walworth () is a district of south London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. It adjoins Camberwell to the south and Elephant and Castle to the north, and is south-east of Charing Cross.
Major streets in Walworth include the Old ...
Counties to
Wisconsin Highway 20 in
East Troy, 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
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Transportation in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
U.S. Route 63